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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 ?
250 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
343 days
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Wait Times

90%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
70 days
329 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
122 days
107 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
336 days
400 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
192 days
424 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
250 days
220 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
84 days
98 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%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
25 days
176 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
62 days
17 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
172 days
183 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
91 days
118 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
110 days
104 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
35 days
45 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: 
May 1 2018 - April 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Communitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
70 days
220 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
27 days
347 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
122 days
14 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
336 days
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
---
404 days
Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
---
593 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
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90 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
298 days
220 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
84 days
98 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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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 Communitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
25 days
164 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
20 days
205 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
41 days
9 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
231 days
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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343 days
Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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421 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
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36 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
120 days
115 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
35 days
48 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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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: 
May 1 2018 - April 30 2019
Next Update: 
June 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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