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 ?
591 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
395 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
51 days
120 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
40 days
225 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
32 days
391 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
575 days
368 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
1233 days
443 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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399 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
23 days
48 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
48 days
70 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
22 days
97 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
11 days
188 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
123 days
212 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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212 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeonsort descending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
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Halifax
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New Glasgow
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New Glasgow
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Yarmouth
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Bridgewater
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Bridgewater
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Yarmouth
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Yarmouth
51 days
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Dartmouth
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Bridgewater
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Antigonish
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391 days
Halifax
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Yarmouth
14 days
49 days
Kentville
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Kentville
103 days
512 days
Bridgewater
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Dartmouth
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Kentville
1414 days
310 days
Halifax
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Halifax
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50%

Surgeonsort descending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
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Halifax
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New Glasgow
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New Glasgow
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Yarmouth
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Bridgewater
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Yarmouth
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Yarmouth
34 days
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Dartmouth
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Bridgewater
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Antigonish
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188 days
Halifax
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Yarmouth
10 days
44 days
Kentville
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Kentville
57 days
387 days
Bridgewater
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Dartmouth
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Kentville
459 days
173 days
Halifax
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