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Hernia Repair (Adult)

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 ?

286 days

Surgery

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

246 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	26 days	73 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	118 days	87 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	66 days	147 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	110 days	105 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	158 days	156 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	259 days	161 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	316 days	129 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	232 days	251 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	178 days	352 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	153 days	489 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	489 days	519 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	407 days	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	72 days
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	11 days	28 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	44 days	19 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	30 days	46 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	15 days	64 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	32 days	48 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	29 days	58 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	46 days	42 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	20 days	146 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	90 days	91 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	97 days	87 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	153 days	107 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	394 days	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	34 days
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Ahmed Jad	Antigonish	64 days	55 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	56 days	64 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	61 days	62 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	36 days	87 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	19 days	115 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	64 days	73 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	45 days	93 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	57 days	104 days
Neelakantan G. Pillai	Inverness	106 days	60 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	73 days	99 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	40 days	161 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	167 days	61 days
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	100 days	158 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	110 days	161 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	118 days	155 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	153 days	125 days
Heather Poushay	North Sydney	228 days	78 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	178 days	158 days
John Booth	Truro	116 days	221 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	102 days	243 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	115 days	231 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	106 days	254 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	168 days	194 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	90 days	275 days
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	129 days	237 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	154 days	217 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	251 days	123 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	231 days	190 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	186 days	238 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	407 days	27 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	385 days	65 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	299 days	170 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	338 days	147 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	387 days	108 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	138 days	379 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	342 days	182 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	417 days	135 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	452 days	123 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	276 days	302 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	177 days	434 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	305 days	316 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	284 days	351 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	350 days	313 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	46 days	625 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	329 days	441 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	411 days	429 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	438 days	469 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	491 days	946 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	953 days	513 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	92 days	---
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	---	---
Harry J Henteleff	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	70 days	---
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	---	---
Rex S Dunn	North Sydney	---	---

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	9 days	28 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	15 days	29 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	19 days	30 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	27 days	22 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	12 days	37 days
Neelakantan G. Pillai	Inverness	25 days	24 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	26 days	27 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	15 days	39 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	21 days	35 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	34 days	23 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	14 days	46 days
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	21 days	39 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	37 days	25 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	24 days	41 days
Ahmed Jad	Antigonish	41 days	34 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	48 days	31 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	36 days	45 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	17 days	70 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	42 days	47 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	61 days	32 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	49 days	45 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	41 days	58 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	77 days	28 days
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	37 days	77 days
John Booth	Truro	64 days	51 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	70 days	47 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	52 days	75 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	76 days	53 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	17 days	115 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	80 days	53 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	73 days	63 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	128 days	23 days
Heather Poushay	North Sydney	121 days	31 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	130 days	32 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	41 days	134 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	90 days	92 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	103 days	82 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	91 days	110 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	176 days	66 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	156 days	95 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	194 days	65 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	163 days	97 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	98 days	185 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	85 days	223 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	257 days	84 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	8 days	352 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	196 days	168 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	327 days	273 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	356 days	391 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	45 days	---
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	---	---
Harry J Henteleff	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	42 days	---
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	---	---
Rex S Dunn	North Sydney	---	---

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