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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 ?
184 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
195 days
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Wait Times

90%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
145 days
97 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
314 days
254 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
268 days
118 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
101 days
109 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
149 days
325 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
137 days
103 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
108 days
117 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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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%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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---
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
57 days
53 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
36 days
99 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
178 days
28 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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---
Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
34 days
35 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
42 days
117 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
56 days
48 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
35 days
25 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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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: 
April 1 - June 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Communitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
77 days
146 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
524 days
169 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
64 days
444 days
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
97 days
176 days
David Hayden
Bridgewater
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---
Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
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---
George R Davis
Dartmouth
182 days
125 days
David T Tang
Halifax
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---
Jacob D Alant
Halifax
1018 days
91 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
57 days
339 days
John McPherson
Kentville
149 days
148 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
---
260 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
388 days
180 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
402 days
481 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
511 days
742 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
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---
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
211 days
93 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
56 days
82 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
145 days
153 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
153 days
117 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
124 days
41 days
Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
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---
Donald M Brien
Sydney
---
220 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
125 days
203 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
179 days
107 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
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
51 days
32 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
91 days
41 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
42 days
244 days
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
38 days
71 days
David Hayden
Bridgewater
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Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
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George R Davis
Dartmouth
128 days
47 days
David T Tang
Halifax
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Jacob D Alant
Halifax
187 days
33 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
33 days
299 days
John McPherson
Kentville
108 days
81 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
---
182 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
54 days
76 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
44 days
243 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
46 days
177 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
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Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
50 days
52 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
19 days
43 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
66 days
121 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
107 days
48 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
39 days
14 days
Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
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---
Donald M Brien
Sydney
---
94 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
80 days
44 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
41 days
37 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: 
July 1 2018 - June 30 2019
Next Update: 
August 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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