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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 ?
549 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
603 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
122 days
353 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
255 days
389 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
285 days
483 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
479 days
633 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
1033 days
812 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
98 days
149 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
123 days
213 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
180 days
158 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
149 days
251 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
283 days
403 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: 
April 1 - June 30 2022
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2022

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
171 days
175 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
153 days
199 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
266 days
226 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
111 days
412 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
248 days
281 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
204 days
389 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
319 days
277 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
217 days
402 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
186 days
446 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
209 days
575 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
167 days
671 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
256 days
597 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
256 days
597 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
331 days
595 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
299 days
648 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
777 days
253 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
324 days
800 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
916 days
259 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
263 days
1196 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
827 days
658 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
879 days
608 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
1016 days
880 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
1400 days
918 days
David Wilson
Halifax
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
825 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
83 days
106 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
48 days
143 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
101 days
98 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
63 days
148 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
146 days
109 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
89 days
171 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
157 days
124 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
55 days
228 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
151 days
168 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
93 days
237 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
132 days
215 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
226 days
128 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
69 days
291 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
170 days
349 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
90 days
470 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
72 days
566 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
72 days
566 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
289 days
354 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
266 days
393 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
133 days
582 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
196 days
630 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
130 days
766 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
201 days
696 days
David Wilson
Halifax
---
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
324 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 2021 - June 30 2022
Next Update: 
August 2022
Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, 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.

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