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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 ?

315 days

Surgery

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

262 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	32 days	143 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	79 days	132 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	98 days	113 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	130 days	188 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	133 days	195 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	259 days	182 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	330 days	241 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	351 days	275 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	486 days	486 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	636 days	310 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	87 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	334 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	236 days

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	8 days	50 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	19 days	90 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	20 days	64 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	20 days	62 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	21 days	67 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	77 days	87 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	99 days	122 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	114 days	131 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	135 days	95 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	208 days	100 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	25 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	147 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	109 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	21 days	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	26 days	169 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	29 days	59 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	30 days	124 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	34 days	62 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	40 days	98 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	42 days	79 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	46 days	84 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	47 days	312 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	52 days	92 days
Muna Lougheed	Antigonish	56 days	279 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	77 days	48 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	84 days	121 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	87 days	115 days
John Booth	Truro	89 days	159 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	92 days	---
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	93 days	142 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	96 days	167 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	97 days	184 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	103 days	324 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	105 days	227 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	106 days	188 days
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	129 days	237 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	136 days	138 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	158 days	132 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	167 days	64 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	168 days	260 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	188 days	363 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	188 days	552 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	196 days	162 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	201 days	113 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	203 days	251 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	272 days	111 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	279 days	289 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	284 days	255 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	305 days	316 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	311 days	365 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	316 days	110 days
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	322 days	224 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	394 days	161 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	468 days	228 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	498 days	489 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	518 days	182 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	523 days	519 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	918 days	197 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	---	---
Neelakantan G. Pillai	Inverness	---	25 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	---	179 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	---	107 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	---	---

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	6 days	34 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	12 days	71 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	13 days	298 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	13 days	---
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	14 days	47 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	15 days	29 days
Muna Lougheed	Antigonish	15 days	62 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	15 days	43 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	15 days	29 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	16 days	29 days
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	21 days	39 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	22 days	64 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	22 days	44 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	22 days	68 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	24 days	38 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	27 days	14 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	33 days	59 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	34 days	54 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	34 days	29 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	42 days	61 days
John Booth	Truro	43 days	52 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	45 days	197 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	45 days	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	49 days	27 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	54 days	58 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	55 days	51 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	56 days	77 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	57 days	29 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	63 days	33 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	72 days	70 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	91 days	48 days
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	105 days	90 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	118 days	65 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	121 days	246 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	127 days	87 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	151 days	161 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	157 days	84 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	159 days	156 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	163 days	86 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	176 days	79 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	196 days	168 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	291 days	226 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	322 days	85 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	326 days	55 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	365 days	161 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	---	---
Neelakantan G. Pillai	Inverness	---	8 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	---	114 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	---	38 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	---	---

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Hernia Repair (Adult)

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