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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 ?
252 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
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
119 days
107 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
132 days
165 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
43 days
343 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
237 days
216 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
297 days
272 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
267 days
782 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
35 days
52 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
28 days
69 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
100 days
91 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
132 days
109 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
29 days
233 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
117 days
240 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
74 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: 
February 1 2019 - January 31 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
100 days
82 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
152 days
86 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
43 days
343 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
286 days
220 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
671 days
188 days
Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
---
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Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
418 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
119 days
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Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
20 days
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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
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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
23 days
31 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
44 days
64 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
29 days
209 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
127 days
151 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
237 days
169 days
Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
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Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
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121 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
38 days
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Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
7 days
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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
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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: 
February 1 2019 - January 31 2020
Next Update: 
March 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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