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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 ?
200 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
337 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
57 days
118 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
64 days
200 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
308 days
84 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
199 days
485 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
370 days
408 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional 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
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
15 days
62 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
13 days
92 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
104 days
34 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
120 days
108 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
157 days
201 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional 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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2017

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
25 days
83 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
85 days
46 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
57 days
118 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
64 days
178 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
41 days
313 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
199 days
485 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
408 days
387 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
148 days
825 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
308 days
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Vincent O'Malley
Kentville
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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
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
36 days
34 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
10 days
62 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
17 days
64 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
12 days
83 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
78 days
104 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
13 days
169 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
127 days
198 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
182 days
254 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
130 days
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Vincent O'Malley
Kentville
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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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Next Update: 
September 2017
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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