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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 ?
199 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
58 days
76 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
97 days
72 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
135 days
215 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
50 days
363 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
203 days
414 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
304 days
439 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
396 days
546 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
---
226 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
95 days
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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
34 days
41 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
48 days
50 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
80 days
72 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
142 days
74 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
19 days
201 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
171 days
82 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
157 days
332 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
---
173 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
36 days
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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: 
December 1 2017 - November 30 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
58 days
57 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
97 days
72 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
135 days
101 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
64 days
173 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
239 days
62 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
62 days
319 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
44 days
363 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
250 days
234 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
206 days
384 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
199 days
465 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
416 days
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
80 days
---
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
36 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
48 days
50 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
60 days
51 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
134 days
30 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
43 days
131 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
19 days
175 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
15 days
202 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
146 days
85 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
134 days
148 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
176 days
257 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
178 days
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
34 days
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
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: 
December 1 2017 - November 30 2018
Next Update: 
January 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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