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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 ?
241 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
220 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
91 days
107 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
164 days
82 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
186 days
102 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
148 days
187 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
402 days
177 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
264 days
444 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
548 days
550 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
150 days
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
---
42 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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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
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
67 days
21 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
53 days
47 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
67 days
41 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
54 days
74 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
78 days
54 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
40 days
114 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
191 days
153 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
50 days
---
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
---
27 days
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
---
---
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
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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: 
November 1 - January 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
33 days
55 days
John McPherson
Kentville
74 days
99 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
88 days
116 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
125 days
86 days
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
54 days
198 days
George R Davis
Dartmouth
161 days
125 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
124 days
181 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
147 days
159 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
211 days
106 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
146 days
177 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
153 days
197 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
152 days
220 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
57 days
387 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
53 days
444 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
495 days
207 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
668 days
179 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
402 days
481 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
548 days
499 days
Jacob D Alant
Halifax
1018 days
73 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
---
---
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
14 days
34 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
48 days
22 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
44 days
43 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
43 days
46 days
John McPherson
Kentville
32 days
66 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
29 days
77 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
45 days
69 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
53 days
80 days
George R Davis
Dartmouth
92 days
57 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
116 days
36 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
102 days
63 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
56 days
129 days
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
28 days
160 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
125 days
83 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
124 days
92 days
Jacob D Alant
Halifax
199 days
31 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
34 days
200 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
15 days
244 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
117 days
271 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
---
---
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: 
February 1 2018 - January 31 2019
Next Update: 
March 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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