Hernia Repair - Inguinal/Femoral | Nova Scotia Wait Time Information

Service/Procedure Summary

Repair of a hernia in the groin area. A hernia occurs when a piece of an organ sticks through the wall that should normally contain it.

Consult Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 51days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 69days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	30 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	16 days	33 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	25 days	64 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	29 days	82 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	37 days	46 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	42 days	43 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	50 days	64 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	51 days	139 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	63 days	71 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	74 days	87 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	93 days	36 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	131 days	91 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	158 days	120 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	160 days	150 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	120 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	70 days	106 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	84 days	218 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	100 days	243 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	111 days	156 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	123 days	315 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	131 days	305 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	182 days	207 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	212 days	136 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	227 days	270 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	363 days	242 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	409 days	465 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	420 days	326 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	509 days	167 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	56 days
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	71 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	37 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	12 days	33 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	13 days	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	15 days	37 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	19 days	66 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	19 days	51 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	19 days	89 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	20 days	30 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	21 days	79 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	23 days	33 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	26 days	68 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	27 days	57 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	28 days	91 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	29 days	28 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	29 days	43 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	31 days	37 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	32 days	41 days
John Booth	Truro	33 days	143 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	37 days	38 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	38 days	46 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	42 days	20 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	43 days	60 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	45 days	49 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	45 days	117 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	51 days	55 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	52 days	49 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	65 days	104 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	69 days	55 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	85 days	35 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	120 days	145 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	126 days	43 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	130 days	160 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	131 days	363 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	136 days	239 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	139 days	121 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	153 days	100 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	164 days	69 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	190 days	129 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	190 days	---
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	193 days	303 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	194 days	151 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	212 days	83 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	241 days	217 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	269 days	68 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	297 days	97 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	342 days	78 days

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	242 days
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	226 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	220 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	26 days	78 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	28 days	97 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	33 days	182 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	36 days	364 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	38 days	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	57 days	135 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	66 days	358 days
John Booth	Truro	68 days	506 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	69 days	89 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	69 days	144 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	69 days	342 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	70 days	111 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	73 days	74 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	73 days	100 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	82 days	266 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	90 days	104 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	92 days	59 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	93 days	270 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	93 days	99 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	95 days	182 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	97 days	173 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	100 days	208 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	102 days	142 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	111 days	146 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	111 days	119 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	114 days	176 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	122 days	74 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	182 days	648 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	189 days	239 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	193 days	105 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	210 days	183 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	233 days	258 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	240 days	214 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	243 days	400 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	268 days	428 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	272 days	387 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	367 days	184 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	371 days	376 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	433 days	206 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	479 days	334 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	486 days	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	587 days	167 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	639 days	92 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	848 days	272 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	880 days	338 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2021 Apr-Jun	50	192	50	177
2021 Jul-Sep	46	212	55	229
2021 Oct-Dec	42	201	52	230
2022 Jan-Mar	49	213	66	224
2022 Apr-Jun	47	198	73	267
2022 Jul-Sep	52	241	75	226
2022 Oct-Dec	50	245	63	266
2023 Jan-Mar	50	268	76	292
2023 Apr-Jun	50	272	62	223

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 - Inguinal/Femoral

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Hernia Repair - Inguinal/Femoral

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