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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 ?
176 days
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Wait Times

90%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
133 days
192 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
97 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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---
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
61 days
79 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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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%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
76 days
98 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
49 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
---
---
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
---
---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
50 days
44 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
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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: 
March 1 2019 - February 29 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Communitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Joel Powell
Bridgewater
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Louis Bourget
Bridgewater
11 days
94 days
Marco Chiarot
Bridgewater
133 days
192 days
Karl John Logan
Halifax
---
---
Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
---
---
Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
---
---
Ian W Ross
Kentville
---
---
Susan Bourque
Sydney
71 days
115 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%

Surgeon Communitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Joel Powell
Bridgewater
---
---
Louis Bourget
Bridgewater
6 days
45 days
Marco Chiarot
Bridgewater
91 days
126 days
Karl John Logan
Halifax
---
---
Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
---
---
Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
---
---
Ian W Ross
Kentville
---
---
Susan Bourque
Sydney
55 days
44 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: 
March 1 2019 - February 29 2020
Next Update: 
April 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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