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

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
35 days
78 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
40 days
146 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
74 days
141 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
286 days
171 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
257 days
203 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
382 days
187 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
81 days
503 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
502 days
310 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
478 days
452 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
12 days
37 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
23 days
54 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
36 days
58 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
45 days
73 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
97 days
31 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
88 days
94 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
8 days
188 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
127 days
146 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
277 days
124 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: 
May 1 2021 - April 30 2022
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2022

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
35 days
52 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
97 days
73 days
Richard Spence
Halifax
150 days
61 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
84 days
141 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
33 days
217 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
91 days
323 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
227 days
203 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
286 days
171 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
223 days
234 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
81 days
552 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
446 days
375 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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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
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Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
15 days
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
636 days
---
Samuel Minor
Halifax
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196 days
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
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
29 days
19 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
22 days
30 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
13 days
70 days
Richard Spence
Halifax
64 days
33 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
50 days
60 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
51 days
76 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
154 days
36 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
8 days
266 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
49 days
228 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
195 days
176 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
332 days
151 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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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
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Rhys Kavanagh
Bridgewater
14 days
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
276 days
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
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160 days
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: 
May 1 2021 - April 30 2022
Next Update: 
June 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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