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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 ?
259 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
343 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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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
933 days
400 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
214 days
424 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
127 days
65 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
27 days
347 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
298 days
167 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
84 days
85 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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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
191 days
221 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
122 days
118 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
65 days
17 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
16 days
154 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
120 days
100 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
22 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: 
February 1 2018 - January 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
81 days
98 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
127 days
24 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
21 days
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
298 days
167 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
27 days
347 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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404 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
---
449 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
230 days
Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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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 Time
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
29 days
57 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
62 days
15 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
17 days
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
105 days
107 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
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Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
16 days
160 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
---
350 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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217 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
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78 days
Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
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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 2018 - January 31 2019
Next Update: 
March 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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