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 ?
253 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
313 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
134 days
278 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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175 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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260 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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331 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
49 days
80 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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88 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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224 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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205 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
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278 days
Glace Bay
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377 days
Bridgewater
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260 days
Halifax
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Halifax
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50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
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133 days
Glace Bay
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237 days
Bridgewater
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161 days
Halifax
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Halifax
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