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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 ?
228 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
520 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
141 days
302 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
115 days
330 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
161 days
872 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
722 days
459 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
866 days
657 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
63 days
86 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
42 days
211 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
75 days
185 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
105 days
196 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
100 days
369 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: 
March 1 - May 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
99 days
84 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
103 days
127 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
126 days
161 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
120 days
172 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
48 days
263 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
166 days
150 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
158 days
277 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
232 days
236 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
239 days
246 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
256 days
240 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
118 days
432 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
247 days
316 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
307 days
307 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
454 days
257 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
344 days
432 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
162 days
660 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
468 days
397 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
209 days
659 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
182 days
751 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
276 days
776 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
562 days
545 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
770 days
421 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
1164 days
464 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
178 days
1562 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
675 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
728 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
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
23 days
50 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
47 days
52 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
62 days
60 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
24 days
112 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
47 days
98 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
42 days
114 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
78 days
99 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
70 days
157 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
127 days
119 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
106 days
159 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
137 days
143 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
29 days
315 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
57 days
287 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
173 days
188 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
180 days
183 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
203 days
200 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
227 days
202 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
84 days
363 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
92 days
393 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
70 days
439 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
116 days
473 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
296 days
352 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
318 days
352 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
108 days
1117 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
555 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
335 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 2018 - May 31 2019
Next Update: 
July 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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