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 50% of people served within? 50days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 53days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	22 days	37 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	118 days	33 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	35 days	73 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	164 days	190 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	108 days	71 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	30 days	42 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	170 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	141 days	99 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	172 days	107 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	36 days	38 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	25 days	209 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	43 days	69 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	70 days	105 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	488 days	223 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	140 days	531 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	482 days	583 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	372 days	92 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	340 days	390 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	387 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	537 days	252 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	481 days	230 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	106 days	99 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	126 days	310 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	69 days	153 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	21 days	36 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	37 days	28 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	16 days	44 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	15 days	36 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	92 days	33 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	29 days	108 days
John Booth	Truro	40 days	168 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	20 days	50 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	125 days	142 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	32 days	55 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	23 days	43 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	244 days	238 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	155 days	49 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	260 days	140 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	108 days	49 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	131 days	283 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	34 days	62 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	80 days	85 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	300 days	93 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	29 days	35 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	37 days	39 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	162 days	285 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	32 days	53 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	148 days	255 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	43 days	55 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	19 days	66 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	420 days	137 days
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	437 days	78 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	73 days	104 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	25 days	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	162 days	80 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	247 days	226 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	251 days	62 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	161 days	104 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	158 days	125 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	32 days	55 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	41 days	46 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	64 days	60 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	30 days	27 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	28 days	27 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	143 days	163 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	14 days	183 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	21 days	114 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	26 days	75 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	28 days	62 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	44 days	108 days

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	119 days	215 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	70 days	98 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	68 days	128 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	31 days	99 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	127 days	81 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	53 days	351 days
John Booth	Truro	136 days	506 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	35 days	97 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	227 days	258 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	90 days	141 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	57 days	55 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	848 days	406 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	193 days	237 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	371 days	376 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	272 days	497 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	182 days	641 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	93 days	99 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	455 days	260 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	510 days	352 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	108 days	74 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	72 days	112 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	391 days	490 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	77 days	127 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	880 days	455 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	143 days	213 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	33 days	129 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	539 days	252 days
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	714 days	391 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	141 days	209 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	44 days	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	367 days	215 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	292 days	449 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	639 days	118 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	440 days	237 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	201 days	326 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	238 days	167 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	97 days	171 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	111 days	161 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	106 days	197 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	51 days	83 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	307 days	251 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	50 days	300 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	93 days	294 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	104 days	299 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	102 days	174 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	158 days	203 days

Wait Times Trends

See wait times trend by selecting the coloured boxes in the legend

Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2021 Apr-Jun	50	240	53	237
2021 Jul-Sep	48	337	62	304
2021 Oct-Dec	50	239	55	260
2022 Jan-Mar	59	277	71	224
2022 Apr-Jun	54	255	91	314
2022 Jul-Sep	48	255	85	289
2022 Oct-Dec	55	382	78	281
2023 Jan-Mar	65	426	80	329
2023 Apr-Jun	57	358	72	279

Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency/priority cases.

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Hernia Repair (Adult)

Service/Procedure Summary

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Wait Times Trends

Hernia Repair (Adult)

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