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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 ?
426 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
77 days
139 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
83 days
149 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
159 days
426 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
42 days
570 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
679 days
198 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
482 days
474 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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60 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
17 days
45 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
47 days
53 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
101 days
80 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
87 days
119 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
78 days
197 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
23 days
409 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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46 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: 
September 1 2020 - August 31 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
October 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
77 days
139 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
106 days
247 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
247 days
122 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
42 days
570 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
125 days
514 days
Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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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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Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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426 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
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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
22 days
32 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
29 days
69 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
125 days
41 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
112 days
78 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
23 days
440 days
Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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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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85 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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167 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
---
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
---
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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: 
September 1 2020 - August 31 2021
Next Update: 
October 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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