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

Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
122 days
39 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
88 days
141 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
120 days
126 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
258 days
71 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
281 days
212 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
280 days
218 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
29 days
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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100 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen 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
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
35 days
23 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
34 days
41 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
34 days
72 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
141 days
67 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
106 days
121 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
208 days
63 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
17 days
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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44 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen 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: 
January 1 2018 - December 31 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
February 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Roderick McKenney
Truro
104 days
141 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
109 days
156 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
243 days
71 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
455 days
195 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
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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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Katerina Neumann
Halifax
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
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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
---
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
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Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
---
---
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
Roderick McKenney
Truro
42 days
78 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
98 days
126 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
207 days
48 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
220 days
107 days
Alicia Lamey
Sydney
---
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
---
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
---
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
---
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
---
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David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
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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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Katerina Neumann
Halifax
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Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
---
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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
---
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
---
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
---
---
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
---
---
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: 
January 1 2018 - December 31 2018
Next Update: 
February 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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