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

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
39 days
80 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
35 days
91 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
85 days
84 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
79 days
110 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
93 days
219 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
169 days
154 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
160 days
287 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
394 days
323 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester 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
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
28 days
31 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
14 days
70 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
32 days
59 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
43 days
48 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
43 days
48 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
90 days
66 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
109 days
87 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
190 days
151 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester 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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2017

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
32 days
101 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
79 days
70 days
Edward Joy
New Glasgow
85 days
71 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
124 days
186 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
153 days
233 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
167 days
234 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
240 days
172 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
86 days
367 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
464 days
366 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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91 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
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80 days
Jeffrey Hawel
Halifax
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Paul Yaffe
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
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
13 days
33 days
Edward Joy
New Glasgow
45 days
46 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
48 days
46 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
62 days
63 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
48 days
77 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
14 days
129 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
119 days
113 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
200 days
151 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
300 days
164 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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52 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
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31 days
Jeffrey Hawel
Halifax
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Paul Yaffe
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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Next Update: 
September 2017
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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