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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 ?
266 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
258 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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98 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
75 days
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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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
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
84 days
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Windsor
Hants Community 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
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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27 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
33 days
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
---
---
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
---
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
---
---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
---
---
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
28 days
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Windsor
Hants Community 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 - May 31 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Allison Tucker
Windsor
37 days
91 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
156 days
35 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
63 days
158 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
123 days
130 days
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
65 days
190 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
150 days
147 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
48 days
260 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
56 days
254 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
171 days
149 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
97 days
266 days
Jacob D Alant
Halifax
328 days
85 days
George R Davis
Dartmouth
281 days
153 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
55 days
461 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
360 days
359 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
781 days
204 days
David Hayden
Bridgewater
---
---
David T Tang
Halifax
---
---
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
---
---
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
204 days
---
Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
---
---
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
---
---
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
---
126 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
---
---

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
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
28 days
15 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
37 days
31 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
44 days
26 days
Allison Tucker
Windsor
28 days
43 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
33 days
69 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
69 days
51 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
68 days
66 days
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
60 days
99 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
106 days
74 days
Jacob D Alant
Halifax
157 days
70 days
George R Davis
Dartmouth
204 days
33 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
36 days
207 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
29 days
282 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
118 days
218 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
327 days
63 days
David Hayden
Bridgewater
---
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David T Tang
Halifax
---
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Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
---
---
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
75 days
---
Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
---
---
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
---
---
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
---
86 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
---
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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: 
June 1 2019 - May 31 2020
Next Update: 
July 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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