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

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
142 days
60 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
108 days
127 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
243 days
116 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
171 days
243 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
270 days
180 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
54 days
410 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
468 days
287 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
314 days
695 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
48 days
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
621 days
---
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
253 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
298 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
70 days
18 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
57 days
79 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
69 days
77 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
84 days
75 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
88 days
85 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
126 days
93 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
26 days
213 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
208 days
214 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
28 days
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
465 days
---
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
164 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
163 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: 
November 1 2018 - October 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
December 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
147 days
42 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
112 days
127 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
188 days
225 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
198 days
224 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
57 days
410 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
392 days
75 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
237 days
239 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
270 days
289 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
483 days
287 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
325 days
736 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
621 days
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Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
---
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
---
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
---
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
---
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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
17 days
35 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
111 days
16 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
84 days
74 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
102 days
72 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
26 days
203 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
156 days
89 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
140 days
120 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
227 days
129 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
200 days
158 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
221 days
372 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
230 days
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Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
---
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
---
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
---
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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: 
November 1 2018 - October 31 2019
Next Update: 
December 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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