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	21 days	44 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	39 days	36 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	35 days	45 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	54 days	47 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	42 days	61 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	21 days	97 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	98 days	71 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	42 days	135 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	120 days	95 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	128 days	96 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	161 days	105 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	212 days	102 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	103 days	86 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	111 days	79 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	119 days	153 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	126 days	300 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	124 days	312 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	154 days	387 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	333 days	230 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	462 days	109 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	412 days	244 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	340 days	352 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	495 days	252 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	485 days	492 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	15 days	37 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	26 days	27 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	13 days	42 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	20 days	36 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	19 days	40 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	26 days	34 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	23 days	43 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	34 days	34 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	41 days	28 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	34 days	41 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	28 days	51 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	44 days	40 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	20 days	66 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	29 days	57 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	42 days	46 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	35 days	58 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	41 days	55 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	27 days	72 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	31 days	71 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	14 days	107 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	36 days	88 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	65 days	60 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	93 days	33 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	44 days	94 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	117 days	42 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	97 days	78 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	14 days	174 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	76 days	113 days
John Booth	Truro	34 days	174 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	163 days	70 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	179 days	80 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	129 days	135 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	166 days	100 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	120 days	146 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	156 days	127 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	235 days	64 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	224 days	126 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	257 days	149 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	131 days	293 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	337 days	88 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	167 days	258 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	256 days	220 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	215 days	279 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	440 days	78 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	420 days	138 days
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	23 days	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	51 days	56 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	58 days	55 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	27 days	92 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	35 days	99 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	84 days	86 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	108 days	74 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	70 days	126 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	68 days	128 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	68 days	129 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	135 days	83 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	90 days	141 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	77 days	161 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	130 days	115 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	96 days	156 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	102 days	174 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	133 days	161 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	106 days	197 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	119 days	203 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	147 days	193 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	49 days	291 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	40 days	310 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	143 days	213 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	141 days	225 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	224 days	155 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	120 days	299 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	193 days	237 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	92 days	364 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	201 days	305 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	307 days	251 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	227 days	335 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	358 days	215 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	372 days	242 days
John Booth	Truro	120 days	506 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	446 days	237 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	367 days	376 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	272 days	492 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	639 days	129 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	539 days	271 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	510 days	302 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	407 days	406 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	182 days	641 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	292 days	566 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	714 days	391 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	807 days	406 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	940 days	469 days
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	44 days	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---

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	53	255	91	314
2022 Jul-Sep	48	255	85	289
2022 Oct-Dec	56	382	78	281
2023 Jan-Mar	63	424	80	329
2023 Apr-Jun	58	346	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)

Service/Procedure Summary

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Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

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