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

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
49 days
119 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
97 days
72 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
138 days
60 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
184 days
215 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
49 days
381 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
214 days
385 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
462 days
383 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
416 days
439 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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226 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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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
34 days
48 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
48 days
48 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
80 days
45 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
98 days
72 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
142 days
78 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
18 days
213 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
165 days
127 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
198 days
181 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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189 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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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
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
49 days
62 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
97 days
72 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
138 days
60 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
135 days
101 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
62 days
319 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
239 days
161 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
44 days
381 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
191 days
264 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
206 days
277 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
468 days
104 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
216 days
476 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
71 days
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
215 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
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
40 days
39 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
48 days
48 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
66 days
44 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
85 days
50 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
134 days
49 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
13 days
203 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
127 days
93 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
27 days
200 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
161 days
153 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
304 days
61 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
176 days
297 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
43 days
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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86 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
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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