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Female Incontinence Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Female Incontinence Surgery is performed to reduce involuntary leakage of urine. It includes bladder suspension surgery, burch sling and vaginal sling surgeries.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
342 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
224 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
76 days
195 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
612 days
196 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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176 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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547 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional 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%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
70 days
120 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
56 days
141 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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58 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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161 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional 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: 
March 1 - May 31 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2018

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
David Rittenberg
Halifax
98 days
82 days
Nicholas Braithwaite
Halifax
177 days
112 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
105 days
202 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
120 days
192 days
Marianne Pierce
Halifax
252 days
183 days
Baharak Amir
Halifax
322 days
346 days
Donna Gilmour
Halifax
245 days
524 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
876 days
246 days
Angus Murray
Truro
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Dave Padmore
Truro
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Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
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Farrell Nette
Kentville
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Hammad Asim
Sydney
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55 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
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Jerzy B Gajewski
Halifax
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John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
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547 days
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
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Louai Jony
Truro
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Michael Osasere
North Sydney
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Noha Fossen
Antigonish
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Robyn M MacQuarrie
Bridgewater
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Stephen Maldwyn Owen
Bridgewater
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Trevor Butler
Kentville
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424 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
David Rittenberg
Halifax
95 days
41 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
72 days
114 days
Greg G Bailly
Halifax
71 days
125 days
Donna Gilmour
Halifax
85 days
112 days
Nicholas Braithwaite
Halifax
150 days
59 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
106 days
114 days
Marianne Pierce
Halifax
198 days
145 days
Baharak Amir
Halifax
206 days
146 days
Angus Murray
Truro
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Dave Padmore
Truro
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Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
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Farrell Nette
Kentville
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Hammad Asim
Sydney
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49 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
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Jerzy B Gajewski
Halifax
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John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
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499 days
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
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Louai Jony
Truro
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Michael Osasere
North Sydney
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Noha Fossen
Antigonish
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Robyn M MacQuarrie
Bridgewater
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Stephen Maldwyn Owen
Bridgewater
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Trevor Butler
Kentville
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186 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: 
June 1 2017 - May 31 2018
Next Update: 
July 2018
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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