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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 ?
426 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
307 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
426 days
292 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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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 Timesort descending
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
70 days
96 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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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: 
November 1 - January 31 2023
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2023

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort descending
Jacob D Alant
Halifax
1060 days
139 days
Lutz Weise
Halifax
275 days
280 days
Sean Barry
Halifax
179 days
304 days
Raymond Andrew Glennie
Halifax
316 days
326 days
Sean D Christie
Halifax
300 days
337 days
William Oxner
Halifax
414 days
374 days
Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
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529 days
Rany El-Hawary
Halifax
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799 days
P Daniel McNeely
Halifax
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Gwynedd Pickett
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 Timesort descending
Jacob D Alant
Halifax
302 days
67 days
Sean D Christie
Halifax
47 days
81 days
Lutz Weise
Halifax
49 days
109 days
William Oxner
Halifax
70 days
120 days
Raymond Andrew Glennie
Halifax
100 days
142 days
Sean Barry
Halifax
35 days
167 days
Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
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323 days
Rany El-Hawary
Halifax
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563 days
P Daniel McNeely
Halifax
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Gwynedd Pickett
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.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
February 1 2022 - January 31 2023
Next Update: 
March 2023
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