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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 ?
115 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
205 days
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Wait Times

90%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
113 days
162 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
264 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
169 days
118 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
---
247 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
---
66 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
---

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%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
34 days
118 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
59 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
96 days
51 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
---
66 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
---
51 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
---

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: 
August 1 2017 - July 31 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2018

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Communitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Archibald D Morrison
Bridgewater
---
---
Louis Bourget
Bridgewater
31 days
100 days
Marco Chiarot
Bridgewater
114 days
185 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
---
Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
---
264 days
Curtis Gregoire
Halifax
---
142 days
Ian W Ross
Kentville
---
143 days
Susan Bourque
New Waterford
---
95 days
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
---
---

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 Communitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Archibald D Morrison
Bridgewater
---
---
Louis Bourget
Bridgewater
15 days
67 days
Marco Chiarot
Bridgewater
52 days
133 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
---
Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
---
55 days
Curtis Gregoire
Halifax
---
47 days
Ian W Ross
Kentville
---
68 days
Susan Bourque
New Waterford
---
51 days
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
---
---

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: 
August 1 2017 - July 31 2018
Next Update: 
September 2018
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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