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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 ?
286 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
326 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
132 days
82 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
122 days
109 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
127 days
220 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
70 days
343 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
449 days
294 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
252 days
596 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
126 days
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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
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
34 days
43 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
62 days
69 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
87 days
80 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
29 days
233 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
39 days
240 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
190 days
109 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
91 days
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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 2018 - November 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
100 days
57 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
70 days
343 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
336 days
86 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
286 days
220 days
Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
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418 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
671 days
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
122 days
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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
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
49 days
31 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
115 days
64 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
29 days
174 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
118 days
178 days
Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
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121 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
237 days
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
84 days
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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 2018 - November 30 2019
Next Update: 
January 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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