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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 ?
272 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
239 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
61 days
178 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
87 days
160 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
272 days
333 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
377 days
335 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
56 days
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
175 days
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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135 days
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
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
57 days
83 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
34 days
114 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
167 days
64 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
152 days
98 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
45 days
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
---
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
116 days
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
---
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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125 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
---
---
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: 
January 1 2019 - December 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
February 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Roderick McKenney
Truro
57 days
156 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
253 days
91 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
211 days
162 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
245 days
246 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
377 days
335 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
---
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
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Christopher Blackmore
Halifax
---
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
---
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
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Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
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F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
---
Hani Redwan
Sydney
---
---
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
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Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
---
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
175 days
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Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
---
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
---
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
---
---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao
Halifax
---
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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
Roderick McKenney
Truro
45 days
82 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
130 days
47 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
162 days
43 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
171 days
198 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
352 days
242 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
---
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Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
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Christopher Blackmore
Halifax
---
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
---
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
---
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
---
Hani Redwan
Sydney
---
---
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
---
---
Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
---
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
116 days
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Katerina Neumann
Halifax
---
---
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
---
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
---
---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao
Halifax
---
---

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: 
January 1 2019 - December 31 2019
Next Update: 
February 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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