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

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
55 days
98 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
123 days
57 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
29 days
376 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
315 days
167 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
398 days
357 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
214 days
593 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen 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 Time Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
37 days
24 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
23 days
44 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
54 days
96 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
14 days
138 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
113 days
183 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
240 days
221 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen 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: 
August 1 2017 - July 31 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2018

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
51 days
98 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
123 days
43 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
137 days
167 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
259 days
554 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
182 days
1891 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
34 days
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Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
34 days
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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357 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
---
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
376 days
Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Paul Yaffe
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
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
24 days
23 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
29 days
45 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
54 days
106 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
113 days
98 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
169 days
284 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
14 days
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Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
11 days
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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317 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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178 days
Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Paul Yaffe
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: 
August 1 2017 - July 31 2018
Next Update: 
September 2018
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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