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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 ?
177 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
200 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
77 days
61 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
123 days
84 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
162 days
125 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
212 days
129 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
117 days
245 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
124 days
259 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
236 days
200 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
77 days
550 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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102 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth 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%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
48 days
20 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
56 days
24 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
32 days
67 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
73 days
45 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
42 days
83 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
54 days
92 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
114 days
54 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
45 days
201 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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34 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth 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: 
January 1 - March 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
May 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
33 days
82 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
77 days
76 days
John McPherson
Kentville
77 days
99 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
125 days
86 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
105 days
129 days
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
97 days
177 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
175 days
107 days
George R Davis
Dartmouth
162 days
132 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
211 days
106 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
114 days
220 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
186 days
172 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
164 days
197 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
147 days
219 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
96 days
387 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
64 days
444 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
388 days
207 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
531 days
179 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
402 days
481 days
Jacob D Alant
Halifax
1018 days
73 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
565 days
742 days
David Hayden
Bridgewater
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David T Tang
Halifax
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Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
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Gregory Clarke
Kentville
---
373 days
Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
---
104 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
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Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
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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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
17 days
34 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
42 days
19 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
43 days
36 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
44 days
44 days
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
36 days
64 days
John McPherson
Kentville
32 days
75 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
29 days
86 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
50 days
69 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
62 days
65 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
53 days
80 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
92 days
45 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
63 days
80 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
102 days
47 days
George R Davis
Dartmouth
107 days
55 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
115 days
75 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
54 days
149 days
Jacob D Alant
Halifax
187 days
33 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
20 days
251 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
34 days
288 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
240 days
221 days
David Hayden
Bridgewater
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David T Tang
Halifax
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Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
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Gregory Clarke
Kentville
---
229 days
Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
---
47 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
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Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
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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: 
April 1 2018 - March 31 2019
Next Update: 
May 2019
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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