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Carpal Tunnel Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Carpal tunnel release is surgery to treat carpal tunnel syndrome. In this procedure a ligament in the hand is cut to allow more space for the nerve and tendons.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
219 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
267 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
58 days
103 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
56 days
144 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
206 days
91 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
125 days
216 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
248 days
113 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
27 days
387 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
219 days
413 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
464 days
261 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester Regional Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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603 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%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
33 days
13 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
35 days
19 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
23 days
67 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
41 days
66 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
55 days
76 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
78 days
83 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
65 days
126 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
23 days
295 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester Regional Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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267 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: 
May 1 - July 31 2017
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2017

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Basilon Cole
New Glasgow
31 days
97 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
38 days
125 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
127 days
68 days
George R Davis
Dartmouth
56 days
152 days
David Hayden
Bridgewater
58 days
160 days
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
89 days
137 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
55 days
184 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
186 days
111 days
Jacob D Alant
Halifax
224 days
85 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
118 days
194 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
20 days
297 days
John McPherson
Kentville
91 days
227 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
128 days
316 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
219 days
232 days
Faith Dodd
Inverness
252 days
296 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
142 days
428 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
464 days
179 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
337 days
390 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
---
122 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
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J Andrew I Trenholm
Halifax
---
216 days
Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
---
151 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
---
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
---
---
Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
---
36 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
---
67 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 Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
7 days
22 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
25 days
14 days
George R Davis
Dartmouth
22 days
34 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
27 days
47 days
Basilon Cole
New Glasgow
16 days
73 days
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
32 days
57 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
54 days
58 days
John McPherson
Kentville
50 days
70 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
48 days
74 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
19 days
108 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
88 days
52 days
David Hayden
Bridgewater
32 days
122 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
69 days
100 days
Jacob D Alant
Halifax
125 days
53 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
86 days
128 days
Faith Dodd
Inverness
132 days
105 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
59 days
191 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
88 days
169 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
---
85 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
---
---
J Andrew I Trenholm
Halifax
---
149 days
Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
---
26 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
---
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
---
---
Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
---
22 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
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38 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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Next Update: 
September 2017
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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