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Hernia Repair - Laparoscopic Incisional

Service/Procedure Summary

Repair of a hernia using a special small camera called a laparoscope that is inserted into the body through a small incision called a port. A hernia occurs when a piece of an organ sticks through the wall that should normally contain it. Incisional hernias occur at the site of a previous surgery.

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

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
112 days
189 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
154 days
214 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
252 days
226 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
269 days
746 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
39 days
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
287 days
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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309 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 Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
42 days
86 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
32 days
109 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
25 days
118 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
194 days
323 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
25 days
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
132 days
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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154 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: 
October 1 2019 - September 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
November 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
43 days
164 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
100 days
209 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Paul M Johnson
Halifax
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
202 days
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
287 days
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
269 days
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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78 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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
24 days
88 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
18 days
125 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Paul M Johnson
Halifax
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
14 days
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
156 days
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
147 days
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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58 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: 
October 1 2019 - September 30 2020
Next Update: 
November 2020
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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