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

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
77 days
214 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
189 days
184 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
42 days
542 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
252 days
346 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
301 days
342 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
287 days
606 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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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
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
16 days
59 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
40 days
126 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
101 days
84 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
147 days
94 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
88 days
158 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
15 days
332 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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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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163 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: 
March 1 2020 - February 28 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
41 days
164 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
25 days
181 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
287 days
175 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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429 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
---
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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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
12 days
44 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
20 days
118 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
29 days
131 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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111 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
---
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
---
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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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: 
March 1 2020 - February 28 2021
Next Update: 
April 2021
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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