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 ?
526 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
363 days
Instructions - Instructional text.

Wait Times

90%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
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
70 days
100 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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436 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
699 days
366 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
235 days
363 days
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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356 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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50%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
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
41 days
68 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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168 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
376 days
232 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
20 days
106 days
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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206 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Communitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
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206 days
Amherst
92 days
224 days
Amherst
140 days
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Antigonish
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Antigonish
42 days
468 days
Antigonish
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Bridgewater
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Bridgewater
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Bridgewater
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Bridgewater
56 days
252 days
Dartmouth
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Dartmouth
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Dartmouth
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435 days
Dartmouth
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395 days
Halifax
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Halifax
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Halifax
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Halifax
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Halifax
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Halifax
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Halifax
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Halifax
765 days
484 days
Halifax
533 days
750 days
Kentville
1414 days
310 days
Kentville
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Kentville
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Kentville
83 days
179 days
Kentville
123 days
477 days
New Glasgow
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New Glasgow
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New Glasgow
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Sydney
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Sydney
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443 days
Sydney
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Sydney
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Sydney
206 days
408 days
Truro
171 days
357 days
Truro
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Truro
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Truro
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Windsor
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Yarmouth
14 days
49 days
Yarmouth
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Yarmouth
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Yarmouth
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Yarmouth
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50%

Surgeon Communitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
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68 days
Amherst
72 days
145 days
Amherst
41 days
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Antigonish
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Antigonish
6 days
218 days
Antigonish
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Bridgewater
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Bridgewater
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Bridgewater
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Bridgewater
44 days
69 days
Dartmouth
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Dartmouth
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Dartmouth
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260 days
Dartmouth
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201 days
Halifax
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Halifax
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Halifax
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Halifax
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Halifax
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Halifax
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Halifax
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Halifax
639 days
246 days
Halifax
315 days
363 days
Kentville
312 days
175 days
Kentville
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Kentville
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Kentville
27 days
59 days
Kentville
57 days
323 days
New Glasgow
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New Glasgow
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New Glasgow
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Sydney
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Sydney
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281 days
Sydney
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Sydney
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Sydney
130 days
223 days
Truro
98 days
191 days
Truro
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Truro
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Truro
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Windsor
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Yarmouth
6 days
39 days
Yarmouth
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Yarmouth
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Yarmouth
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Yarmouth
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