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

Wait Times

90%

Community Facilitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
204 days
209 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
90 days
138 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
371 days
404 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
286 days
344 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
125 days
65 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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365 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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104 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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83 days

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 Facilitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
84 days
35 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
53 days
76 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
173 days
180 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
172 days
89 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
13 days
19 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
---
259 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
---
81 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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61 days

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: 
September 1 - November 30 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Boris Gala Lopez
Halifax
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
81 days
111 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
330 days
209 days
John Booth
Truro
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
90 days
205 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
176 days
111 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
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Roderick McKenney
Truro
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Philip Michael Smith
Truro
81 days
127 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
285 days
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
180 days
167 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
191 days
175 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
15 days
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Jane Watson-Jessome
Dartmouth
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
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299 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
165 days
43 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Trevor J Topp
Halifax
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Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
34 days
365 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
22 days
241 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
371 days
404 days
Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
186 days
140 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
259 days
589 days
Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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60 days
Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
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120 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
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314 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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100 days
Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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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
Boris Gala Lopez
Halifax
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
35 days
58 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
174 days
72 days
John Booth
Truro
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
48 days
115 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
84 days
26 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
---
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Roderick McKenney
Truro
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Philip Michael Smith
Truro
43 days
76 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
237 days
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
92 days
106 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
115 days
59 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
12 days
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Jane Watson-Jessome
Dartmouth
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
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279 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
50 days
17 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Trevor J Topp
Halifax
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Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
16 days
160 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
8 days
185 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
107 days
240 days
Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
82 days
27 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
181 days
316 days
Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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26 days
Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
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101 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
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78 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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47 days
Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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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: 
December 1 2017 - November 30 2018
Next Update: 
January 2019
Disclaimer: Hospitals 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. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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