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

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
98 days
49 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
101 days
81 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
143 days
243 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
63 days
384 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
342 days
227 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
275 days
463 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
468 days
383 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
416 days
441 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
62 days
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
289 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
40 days
24 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
59 days
50 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
86 days
60 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
133 days
102 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
165 days
70 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
28 days
218 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
163 days
153 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
206 days
156 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
37 days
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
146 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: 
May 1 2018 - April 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
98 days
49 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
101 days
81 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
171 days
85 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
113 days
319 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
342 days
101 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
57 days
394 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
206 days
277 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
304 days
190 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
422 days
121 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
468 days
104 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
284 days
485 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
462 days
356 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
289 days
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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
44 days
24 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
59 days
50 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
94 days
58 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
131 days
29 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
165 days
54 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
206 days
30 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
29 days
213 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
28 days
214 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
134 days
126 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
161 days
162 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
310 days
61 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
171 days
344 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
100 days
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
95 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: 
May 1 2018 - April 30 2019
Next Update: 
June 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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