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Bone / Cartilage Graft

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery to replace missing cartilage or bone with grafts that can either come from the patient, a donor bank, or are made artificially.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
188 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
228 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
133 days
198 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
188 days
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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203 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
61 days
76 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
66 days
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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48 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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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: 
October 1 2019 - September 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
November 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Marco Chiarot
Bridgewater
173 days
345 days
Susan Bourque
Sydney
188 days
244 days
Rany El-Hawary
Halifax
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Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
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Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
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Karl John Logan
Halifax
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Ian W Ross
Kentville
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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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Susan Bourque
Sydney
61 days
79 days
Marco Chiarot
Bridgewater
96 days
123 days
Rany El-Hawary
Halifax
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Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
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Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
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Karl John Logan
Halifax
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Ian W Ross
Kentville
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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: 
October 1 2019 - September 30 2020
Next Update: 
November 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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