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

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
45 days
56 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
56 days
113 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
93 days
133 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
298 days
123 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
163 days
274 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
37 days
496 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
383 days
234 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
470 days
265 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
482 days
310 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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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
31 days
24 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
28 days
63 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
35 days
77 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
88 days
30 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
8 days
128 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
68 days
71 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
72 days
108 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
110 days
129 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
298 days
162 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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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: 
September 1 2021 - August 31 2022
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
October 2022

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
45 days
52 days
Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
21 days
90 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
97 days
30 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
28 days
121 days
Richard Spence
Halifax
150 days
92 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
108 days
141 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
59 days
323 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
163 days
228 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
298 days
171 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
81 days
503 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
502 days
129 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
486 days
238 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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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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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
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Trevor J Topp
Halifax
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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
16 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
31 days
23 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
12 days
54 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
48 days
25 days
Richard Spence
Halifax
40 days
49 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
46 days
66 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
159 days
35 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
73 days
138 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
8 days
217 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
250 days
59 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
51 days
275 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
332 days
141 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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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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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
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Trevor J Topp
Halifax
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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: 
September 1 2021 - August 31 2022
Next Update: 
October 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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