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Hernia Repair - Ventral

Service/Procedure Summary

Repair of a hernia in the abdomen usually in the middle of the abdominal wall. 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 ?
207 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
170 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
42 days
105 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
63 days
100 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
104 days
141 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
120 days
135 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
248 days
126 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
182 days
223 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
117 days
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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141 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth 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 Time
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
41 days
44 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
34 days
52 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
29 days
72 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
38 days
66 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
137 days
40 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
123 days
115 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
29 days
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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67 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth 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: 
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
Roderick McKenney
Truro
104 days
100 days
David MacFarlane
Kentville
76 days
135 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
162 days
170 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
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Katerina Neumann
Halifax
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Philip Michael Smith
Truro
84 days
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
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223 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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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
David MacFarlane
Kentville
33 days
42 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
37 days
67 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
130 days
138 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
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James C Ellsmere
Halifax
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Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
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Katerina Neumann
Halifax
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
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Philip Michael Smith
Truro
65 days
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
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Samuel Minor
Halifax
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92 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
---
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Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
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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
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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