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Knee Replacement

Service/Procedure Summary

This surgery replaces the knee joint with an artificial joint. The wait time shown is for patients who had their first knee replacement.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
249 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
651 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
199 days
302 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
209 days
357 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
162 days
559 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
202 days
610 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
367 days
718 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%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
95 days
74 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
92 days
115 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
104 days
205 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
124 days
213 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
194 days
531 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: 
February 1 - April 30 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
151 days
216 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
169 days
254 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
115 days
324 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
209 days
247 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
221 days
310 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
218 days
366 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
211 days
388 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
120 days
498 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
170 days
449 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
149 days
519 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
216 days
452 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
286 days
447 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
370 days
387 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
233 days
533 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
249 days
560 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
225 days
726 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
275 days
800 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
666 days
518 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
418 days
787 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
657 days
700 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
241 days
1259 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
366 days
1419 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
---
488 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
---
364 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
1334 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
Faith Dodd
Sydney
80 days
54 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
132 days
21 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
88 days
93 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
69 days
127 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
116 days
131 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
154 days
97 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
89 days
200 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
90 days
213 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
56 days
254 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
73 days
282 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
153 days
213 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
86 days
292 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
102 days
282 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
161 days
284 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
174 days
413 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
56 days
547 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
236 days
434 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
165 days
586 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
99 days
681 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
163 days
649 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
150 days
679 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
297 days
602 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
---
230 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
---
288 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
368 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: 
May 1 2020 - April 30 2021
Next Update: 
June 2021
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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