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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 ?
133 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
177 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
61 days
79 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
126 days
198 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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55 days
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
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
54 days
44 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
82 days
114 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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48 days
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: 
June 1 2019 - May 31 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Marco Chiarot
Bridgewater
126 days
192 days
Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
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Louis Bourget
Bridgewater
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72 days
Benjamin Orlik
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
Marco Chiarot
Bridgewater
89 days
130 days
Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
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Louis Bourget
Bridgewater
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35 days
Benjamin Orlik
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: 
June 1 2019 - May 31 2020
Next Update: 
July 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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