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Hernia Repair - Incisional

Service/Procedure Summary

This surgery repairs a hernia that has formed in the same location of an incision from a previous surgery. See "Hernia Repair" for the wait times for other types of hernia repair.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
315 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
399 days
Instructions - Instructional text.

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
235 days
350 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
622 days
552 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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399 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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218 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
33 days
69 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
256 days
181 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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128 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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140 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
February 1 - April 30 2023
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2023

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
13 days
60 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
140 days
117 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
83 days
179 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
57 days
252 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
92 days
224 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
42 days
468 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
171 days
357 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
123 days
477 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
206 days
408 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
533 days
608 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
765 days
484 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
1414 days
310 days
Ahmed Jad
Truro
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78 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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Alison Archibald
Sydney
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443 days
Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
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Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Christopher Blackmore
Halifax
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
49 days
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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206 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
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Jane Watson-Jessome
Windsor
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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John Booth
Truro
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225 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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395 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Krista de Boer
Antigonish
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
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435 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Scott Livingstone
Halifax
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Stephanie Hiebert
Halifax
---
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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Trevor J Topp
Halifax
---
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Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
274 days
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
3 days
44 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
36 days
59 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
41 days
68 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
49 days
69 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
6 days
197 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
62 days
145 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
130 days
184 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
109 days
206 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
51 days
282 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
235 days
173 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
343 days
368 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
636 days
208 days
Ahmed Jad
Truro
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52 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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Alison Archibald
Sydney
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307 days
Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
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Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Christopher Blackmore
Halifax
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
34 days
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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68 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
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Jane Watson-Jessome
Windsor
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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John Booth
Truro
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141 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
---
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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201 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
---
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Krista de Boer
Antigonish
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
---
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
---
260 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
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Scott Livingstone
Halifax
---
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Stephanie Hiebert
Halifax
---
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
---
---
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
---
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Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
239 days
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
May 1 2022 - April 30 2023
Next Update: 
June 2023
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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