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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 ?
329 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
84 days
126 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
122 days
107 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
70 days
347 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
250 days
216 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
189 days
596 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
671 days
343 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
52 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
62 days
34 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
100 days
94 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
42 days
157 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
22 days
219 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
205 days
113 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
121 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: 
October 1 2018 - September 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
November 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
127 days
17 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
127 days
220 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
70 days
329 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
336 days
86 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
801 days
343 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
---
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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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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83 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
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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
74 days
15 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
71 days
64 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
21 days
164 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
112 days
174 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
237 days
241 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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90 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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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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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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47 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
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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: 
October 1 2018 - September 30 2019
Next Update: 
November 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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