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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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
235 days
350 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
622 days
552 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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218 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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399 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Antigonish
St. Martha's 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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
33 days
69 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
256 days
181 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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140 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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128 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Antigonish
St. Martha's 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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
13 days
60 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
42 days
468 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
49 days
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
57 days
252 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
83 days
179 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
92 days
224 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
123 days
477 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
140 days
117 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
171 days
357 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
206 days
408 days
Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
274 days
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
533 days
608 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
765 days
484 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
1414 days
310 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
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Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
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Scott Livingstone
Halifax
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Christopher Blackmore
Halifax
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
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435 days
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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206 days
Jane Watson-Jessome
Windsor
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
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Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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395 days
John Booth
Truro
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225 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Alison Archibald
Sydney
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443 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Ahmed Jad
Truro
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78 days
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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Krista de Boer
Antigonish
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Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
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Stephanie Hiebert
Halifax
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
3 days
44 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
6 days
197 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
34 days
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
36 days
59 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
41 days
68 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
49 days
69 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
51 days
282 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
62 days
145 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
109 days
206 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
130 days
184 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
235 days
173 days
Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
239 days
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
343 days
368 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
636 days
208 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
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Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
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Scott Livingstone
Halifax
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Christopher Blackmore
Halifax
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
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260 days
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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68 days
Jane Watson-Jessome
Windsor
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
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Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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201 days
John Booth
Truro
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141 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Alison Archibald
Sydney
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307 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Ahmed Jad
Truro
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52 days
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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Krista de Boer
Antigonish
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Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
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Stephanie Hiebert
Halifax
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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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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