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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 ?
533 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
391 days
Instructions - Instructional text.

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
45 days
120 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
81 days
225 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
575 days
368 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
32 days
391 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
236 days
395 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
593 days
443 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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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 Timesort descending
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
19 days
48 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
84 days
70 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
22 days
102 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
11 days
188 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
150 days
202 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
127 days
212 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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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 2022 - January 31 2023
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2023

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
14 days
49 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
1233 days
310 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
391 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
123 days
512 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
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Stephanie Hiebert
Halifax
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
51 days
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
---
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Stephanie Hiebert
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 Timesort descending
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
10 days
44 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
375 days
173 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
188 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
92 days
387 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
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Stephanie Hiebert
Halifax
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Edward Joy
Bridgewater
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Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
34 days
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
---
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
---
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
---
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
---
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
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Stephanie Hiebert
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: 
February 1 2022 - January 31 2023
Next Update: 
March 2023
Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, 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.

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