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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 ?
553 days
Instructions - Instructional text.

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
147 days
60 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
112 days
129 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
150 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
---
201 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
245 days
225 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
157 days
330 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
48 days
517 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
295 days
799 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
266 days
805 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
54 days
---
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
532 days
---
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
471 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%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
22 days
21 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
79 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
101 days
97 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
125 days
117 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
29 days
130 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
129 days
148 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
---
156 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
209 days
169 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
23 days
181 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
48 days
---
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
268 days
---
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
99 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: 
June 1 2019 - May 31 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
158 days
35 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
112 days
129 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
245 days
162 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
566 days
201 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
---
210 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
223 days
240 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
52 days
509 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
307 days
816 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
295 days
939 days
Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
---
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
---
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
---
---
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
55 days
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
---

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 Timesort descending
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
97 days
19 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
250 days
59 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
101 days
97 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
102 days
106 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
---
130 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
331 days
151 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
188 days
161 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
25 days
166 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
268 days
402 days
Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
---
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
---
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
---
---
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
16 days
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
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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: 
June 1 2019 - May 31 2020
Next Update: 
July 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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