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

90%

Community Facilitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
236 days
435 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
575 days
368 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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121 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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391 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
591 days
381 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
36 days
120 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%

Community Facilitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
150 days
132 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
84 days
213 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
102 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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290 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
123 days
161 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
14 days
48 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: 
November 1 2021 - October 31 2022
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
December 2022

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
14 days
49 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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391 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
593 days
178 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
127 days
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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395 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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
5 days
44 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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289 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
359 days
127 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
92 days
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Mark J Walsh
Halifax
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Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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146 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: 
November 1 2021 - October 31 2022
Next Update: 
December 2022
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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