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? 85days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	20 days	73 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	36 days	64 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	26 days	77 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	64 days	40 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	40 days	69 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	49 days	62 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	16 days	226 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	57 days	225 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	191 days	91 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	189 days	117 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	278 days	43 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	161 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	52 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	82 days	118 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	49 days	153 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	134 days	195 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	135 days	227 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	43 days	324 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	343 days	122 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	308 days	312 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	411 days	319 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	703 days	85 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	593 days	333 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	387 days	785 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	700 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	380 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	13 days	26 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	24 days	27 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	20 days	35 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	14 days	43 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	37 days	23 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	25 days	40 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	28 days	41 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	32 days	44 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	26 days	55 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	20 days	64 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	38 days	48 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	41 days	49 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	27 days	66 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	29 days	68 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	42 days	74 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	29 days	92 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	52 days	70 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	42 days	81 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	47 days	79 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	70 days	62 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	87 days	48 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	21 days	121 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	36 days	112 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	102 days	51 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	114 days	40 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	93 days	72 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	45 days	123 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	92 days	87 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	92 days	107 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	13 days	186 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	95 days	123 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	167 days	59 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	155 days	73 days
John Booth	Truro	49 days	182 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	212 days	46 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	146 days	119 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	179 days	87 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	211 days	106 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	284 days	71 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	218 days	181 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	339 days	71 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	277 days	135 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	273 days	166 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	370 days	115 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	356 days	156 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	167 days	360 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	505 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
M Dale Miller	Sydney	---	---
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	37 days	---

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	38 days	55 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	48 days	78 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	66 days	72 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	78 days	67 days
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	27 days	124 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	75 days	104 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	92 days	90 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	84 days	100 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	33 days	159 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	81 days	120 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	68 days	136 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	76 days	146 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	83 days	146 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	73 days	159 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	152 days	114 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	119 days	153 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	91 days	192 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	191 days	106 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	120 days	183 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	193 days	112 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	183 days	144 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	134 days	211 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	40 days	324 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	42 days	346 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	196 days	201 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	105 days	305 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	233 days	264 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	311 days	192 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	72 days	442 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	416 days	120 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	310 days	265 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	271 days	338 days
John Booth	Truro	112 days	506 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	371 days	254 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	302 days	386 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	470 days	306 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	391 days	390 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	703 days	95 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	589 days	213 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	525 days	305 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	353 days	509 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	742 days	165 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	367 days	556 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	682 days	314 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	875 days	317 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	745 days	598 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	804 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	---	---
M Dale Miller	Sydney	---	---
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	114 days	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2021 Oct-Dec	53	250	55	260
2022 Jan-Mar	59	276	71	224
2022 Apr-Jun	52	258	91	314
2022 Jul-Sep	47	259	85	292
2022 Oct-Dec	58	382	79	291
2023 Jan-Mar	66	420	82	336
2023 Apr-Jun	58	338	73	284
2023 Jul-Sep	70	394	67	287
2023 Oct-Dec	50	315	85	300

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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Hernia Repair (Adult)

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