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

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
158 days
168 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
206 days
162 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
217 days
163 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
54 days
509 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
651 days
330 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
295 days
816 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
320 days
840 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
54 days
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
---
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
471 days
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
377 days
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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
22 days
28 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
22 days
168 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
25 days
171 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
103 days
99 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
88 days
127 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
125 days
162 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
209 days
202 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
48 days
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
---
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
129 days
---
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
268 days
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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: 
July 1 2019 - June 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
158 days
42 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
217 days
163 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
245 days
162 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
223 days
234 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
53 days
509 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
377 days
201 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
314 days
840 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
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Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
---
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
---
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
---
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
---
330 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
55 days
---
Samuel Minor
Halifax
217 days
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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
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
97 days
21 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
26 days
158 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
103 days
99 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
87 days
127 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
195 days
176 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
268 days
155 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
270 days
407 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
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Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
---
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
---
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
---
---
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
---
130 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
16 days
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
143 days
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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: 
July 1 2019 - June 30 2020
Next Update: 
August 2020
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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