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Back Surgery (Adult)

Service/Procedure Summary

Adult patients are 16 years old or older. This category includes procedures that relieve pressure on the nerves in the spine, including laminectomy, discectomy, insertion or upgrade of a generator and lead, fusion, vertebrectomy, cordotomy, and excision of a spinal cord tumor.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
190 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
237 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
190 days
219 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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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)
83 days
90 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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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: 
April 1 - June 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Hatim G Malik
North Sydney
28 days
56 days
Sean Barry
Halifax
110 days
185 days
Raymond Andrew Glennie
Halifax
169 days
171 days
William Oxner
Halifax
248 days
231 days
Sean D Christie
Halifax
279 days
303 days
Lutz Weise
Halifax
521 days
129 days
Jacob D Alant
Halifax
587 days
85 days
Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
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347 days
Gwynedd Pickett
Halifax
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P Daniel McNeely
Halifax
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Rany El-Hawary
Halifax
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505 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
Hatim G Malik
North Sydney
6 days
20 days
Sean Barry
Halifax
43 days
63 days
Lutz Weise
Halifax
115 days
60 days
Sean D Christie
Halifax
84 days
94 days
Raymond Andrew Glennie
Halifax
80 days
101 days
Jacob D Alant
Halifax
149 days
41 days
William Oxner
Halifax
97 days
137 days
Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
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181 days
Gwynedd Pickett
Halifax
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P Daniel McNeely
Halifax
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Rany El-Hawary
Halifax
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177 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: 
July 1 2018 - June 30 2019
Next Update: 
August 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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