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Hernia Repair - Laparoscopic Inguinal Femoral

Service/Procedure Summary

Repair of a hernia in the groin area 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.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
423 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
270 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
10 days
129 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
45 days
147 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
104 days
120 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
97 days
133 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
37 days
328 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
303 days
309 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
530 days
163 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
501 days
266 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
531 days
238 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
502 days
323 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
90 days
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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 Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
29 days
23 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
8 days
68 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
24 days
67 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
12 days
88 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
41 days
81 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
92 days
90 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
154 days
58 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
79 days
152 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
120 days
185 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
361 days
171 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
30 days
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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: 
January 1 2022 - December 31 2022
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
February 2023

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
45 days
56 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
27 days
107 days
Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
39 days
104 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
108 days
133 days
Richard Spence
Halifax
133 days
133 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
48 days
328 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
298 days
163 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
227 days
274 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
546 days
265 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
568 days
261 days
Ahmed Jad
Truro
90 days
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
105 days
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
---
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
---
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
70 days
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
---
323 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
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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
Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
15 days
20 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
29 days
21 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
14 days
60 days
Richard Spence
Halifax
35 days
79 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
10 days
111 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
61 days
79 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
78 days
127 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
160 days
62 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
326 days
205 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
391 days
162 days
Ahmed Jad
Truro
30 days
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
40 days
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
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Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
---
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
---
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
42 days
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
---
269 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
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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: 
January 1 2022 - December 31 2022
Next Update: 
February 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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