Service/Procedure Summary

Adult patients are 16 years old or older. This surgery repairs a hernia in any area other than the location of an incision from a previous surgery. A hernia occurs when a piece of an organ sticks through the wall that should normally contain it. See "Hernia Repair - Incisional" for the wait times for incisional hernia repair.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
457 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
329 days
Instructions - Instructional text.

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
63 days
218 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
91 days
196 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
53 days
270 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
102 days
299 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
89 days
351 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
162 days
349 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
358 days
196 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
485 days
166 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
426 days
326 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
342 days
498 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
587 days
329 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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267 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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182 days

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
20 days
38 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
25 days
73 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
42 days
56 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
27 days
91 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
52 days
88 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
82 days
75 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
125 days
67 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
26 days
198 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
188 days
120 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
191 days
236 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
407 days
109 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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170 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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107 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
63 days
63 days
New Glasgow
62 days
78 days
Yarmouth
43 days
111 days
Yarmouth
35 days
135 days
Halifax
48 days
129 days
Truro
89 days
89 days
Kentville
77 days
101 days
Truro
40 days
144 days
Kentville
82 days
118 days
Windsor
135 days
81 days
Bridgewater
76 days
146 days
Bridgewater
49 days
199 days
Yarmouth
69 days
203 days
Antigonish
28 days
246 days
Sydney
169 days
105 days
Bridgewater
106 days
176 days
Amherst
112 days
176 days
Bridgewater
108 days
182 days
Kentville
95 days
197 days
Halifax
120 days
196 days
Halifax
122 days
213 days
Amherst
176 days
170 days
Truro
53 days
351 days
Truro
136 days
274 days
Truro
171 days
257 days
Antigonish
53 days
382 days
Amherst
143 days
342 days
Bridgewater
309 days
183 days
Dartmouth
184 days
326 days
Dartmouth
336 days
184 days
Antigonish
317 days
251 days
Sydney
239 days
345 days
Sydney
272 days
336 days
Kentville
162 days
450 days
New Glasgow
315 days
308 days
Dartmouth
495 days
130 days
Dartmouth
405 days
263 days
Dartmouth
272 days
475 days
Sydney
255 days
498 days
Halifax
540 days
265 days
New Glasgow
519 days
380 days
Kentville
856 days
324 days
Halifax
769 days
563 days
Halifax
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Halifax
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Sydney
---
263 days
Halifax
43 days
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Halifax
---
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Glace Bay
---
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Sydney
---
392 days
Halifax
---
---
Sydney
---
424 days
Halifax
---
302 days

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
8 days
37 days
Halifax
25 days
20 days
Yarmouth
15 days
32 days
Yarmouth
20 days
31 days
Yarmouth
32 days
22 days
Bridgewater
26 days
28 days
Bridgewater
37 days
27 days
New Glasgow
25 days
43 days
Truro
29 days
42 days
Kentville
32 days
39 days
Truro
22 days
50 days
Kentville
32 days
45 days
Amherst
29 days
62 days
Kentville
42 days
51 days
Antigonish
14 days
86 days
Halifax
21 days
80 days
Bridgewater
46 days
66 days
Amherst
36 days
80 days
Amherst
27 days
90 days
Bridgewater
39 days
79 days
Windsor
89 days
32 days
Halifax
44 days
77 days
Bridgewater
41 days
83 days
Sydney
81 days
46 days
Sydney
85 days
45 days
Truro
28 days
108 days
Dartmouth
87 days
56 days
Antigonish
14 days
151 days
Truro
35 days
164 days
New Glasgow
89 days
121 days
Dartmouth
137 days
80 days
Dartmouth
174 days
73 days
Dartmouth
130 days
119 days
Truro
119 days
138 days
Sydney
151 days
122 days
Sydney
43 days
293 days
Antigonish
190 days
167 days
Kentville
190 days
194 days
Kentville
102 days
309 days
Dartmouth
197 days
245 days
New Glasgow
303 days
152 days
Halifax
440 days
142 days
Halifax
496 days
114 days
Halifax
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Halifax
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Sydney
---
174 days
Halifax
25 days
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Halifax
---
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Glace Bay
---
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Sydney
---
168 days
Halifax
---
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Sydney
---
183 days
Halifax
---
123 days

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