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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 ?
120 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
185 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
257 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
179 days
118 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
---
247 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
---
72 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
104 days

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
26 days
105 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
52 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
115 days
47 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
---
81 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
---
57 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
63 days

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 2017 - May 31 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2018

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Communitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Louis Bourget
Bridgewater
31 days
100 days
Marco Chiarot
Bridgewater
114 days
185 days
Joel Powell
Bridgewater
---
---
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
---
Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
---
253 days
Curtis Gregoire
Halifax
169 days
142 days
John D Stein
Halifax
---
---
Ian W Ross
Kentville
---
143 days
Susan Bourque
New Waterford
---
115 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
Louis Bourget
Bridgewater
15 days
70 days
Marco Chiarot
Bridgewater
32 days
130 days
Joel Powell
Bridgewater
---
---
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
---
Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
---
49 days
Curtis Gregoire
Halifax
82 days
43 days
John D Stein
Halifax
---
---
Ian W Ross
Kentville
---
84 days
Susan Bourque
New Waterford
---
65 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: 
June 1 2017 - May 31 2018
Next Update: 
July 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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