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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 ?
357 days
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Wait Times

90%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
25 days
347 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
127 days
43 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
933 days
404 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
214 days
492 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
315 days
167 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
96 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
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
---
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
14 days
149 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
24 days
17 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
191 days
256 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
160 days
153 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
124 days
101 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
23 days
50 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: 
December 1 2017 - November 30 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Communitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
29 days
347 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
127 days
38 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
---
404 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
223 days
486 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
314 days
Mark J Walsh
Halifax
---
---
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
315 days
167 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
81 days
117 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
---

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
---
---
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
15 days
149 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
23 days
17 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
---
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
---
357 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
181 days
284 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
98 days
Mark J Walsh
Halifax
---
---
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
92 days
106 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
35 days
63 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: 
December 1 2017 - November 30 2018
Next Update: 
January 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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