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Ankle - Arthroscopy

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery in which a special camera called an endoscope is inserted through a small cut in the skin called a port, to examine or repair tissues inside the shoulder.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
385 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
243 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
352 days
125 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
375 days
204 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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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 Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
104 days
96 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
146 days
57 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2017

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Joel Morash
Halifax
269 days
174 days
Mark A Glazebrook
Halifax
443 days
216 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
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Horacio Yepes
Sydney
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
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279 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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Joel Morash
Halifax
111 days
64 days
Mark A Glazebrook
Halifax
181 days
169 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
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Horacio Yepes
Sydney
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
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158 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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Next Update: 
September 2017
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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