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

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
147 days
60 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
97 days
62 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
190 days
129 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
471 days
139 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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150 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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201 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
232 days
225 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
651 days
330 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
63 days
509 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
297 days
735 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
307 days
737 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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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 Timesort descending
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
24 days
20 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
51 days
36 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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79 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
83 days
87 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
92 days
95 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
110 days
106 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
52 days
109 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
143 days
148 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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156 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
203 days
165 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
26 days
167 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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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: 
March 1 2019 - February 29 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 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
190 days
129 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
217 days
147 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
76 days
188 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
621 days
201 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
245 days
225 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
223 days
240 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
651 days
330 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
63 days
410 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
310 days
816 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
315 days
939 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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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 Timesort descending
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
83 days
16 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
238 days
61 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
92 days
94 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
143 days
102 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
142 days
112 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
15 days
119 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
254 days
130 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
28 days
146 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
543 days
151 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
163 days
161 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
270 days
402 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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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: 
March 1 2019 - February 29 2020
Next Update: 
April 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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