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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 ?
269 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
348 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
84 days
85 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
122 days
65 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
29 days
347 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
298 days
167 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
197 days
449 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
933 days
400 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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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
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
44 days
17 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
28 days
51 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
16 days
178 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
123 days
100 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
103 days
135 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
191 days
183 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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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 2018 - February 28 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
122 days
22 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
84 days
98 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
27 days
347 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
298 days
167 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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593 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
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152 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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404 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
29 days
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Riley Stewart
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
41 days
14 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
35 days
54 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
120 days
106 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
16 days
219 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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266 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
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58 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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350 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
17 days
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Riley Stewart
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: 
March 1 2018 - February 28 2019
Next Update: 
April 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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