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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 ?
623 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
239 days
163 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
262 days
141 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
216 days
220 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
68 days
495 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
342 days
284 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
328 days
508 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
284 days
931 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
651 days
616 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
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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
48 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
60 days
101 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
20 days
150 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
102 days
86 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
91 days
99 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
129 days
139 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
174 days
126 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
181 days
623 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
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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: 
December 1 2019 - November 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
88 days
30 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
88 days
78 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
93 days
188 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
262 days
134 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
239 days
163 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
216 days
220 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
223 days
234 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
52 days
517 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
369 days
910 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Heather Poushay
North Sydney
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Heather Poushay
North Sydney
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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210 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
392 days
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Trevor J Topp
Halifax
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392 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
34 days
27 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
41 days
24 days
Farisa Hossain
Antigonish
34 days
37 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
51 days
100 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
60 days
93 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
102 days
86 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
14 days
185 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
195 days
176 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
206 days
508 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Heather Poushay
North Sydney
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Heather Poushay
North Sydney
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
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89 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
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Paul Yaffe
Kentville
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
142 days
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Trevor J Topp
Halifax
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206 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 2019 - November 30 2020
Next Update: 
January 2021
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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