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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 ?
421 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
672 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
397 days
265 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
97 days
671 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
317 days
723 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
808 days
423 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
715 days
688 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
100 days
119 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
98 days
135 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
134 days
154 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
69 days
250 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
231 days
567 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: 
August 1 - October 31 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
December 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
161 days
131 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
91 days
209 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
149 days
176 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
226 days
169 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
176 days
359 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
182 days
367 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
189 days
360 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
223 days
336 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
319 days
281 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
91 days
590 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
175 days
559 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
85 days
671 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
256 days
597 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
306 days
581 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
265 days
699 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
589 days
412 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
263 days
763 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
511 days
690 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
168 days
1230 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
896 days
554 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
295 days
1908 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
2093 days
743 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
---
364 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
1042 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
88 days
48 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
89 days
57 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
121 days
31 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
76 days
104 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
64 days
119 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
66 days
141 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
41 days
186 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
109 days
161 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
144 days
129 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
161 days
125 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
108 days
182 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
111 days
215 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
46 days
296 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
115 days
230 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
186 days
390 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
57 days
543 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
210 days
433 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
106 days
603 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
207 days
564 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
104 days
684 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
151 days
665 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
223 days
642 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
---
288 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
311 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: 
November 1 2020 - October 31 2021
Next Update: 
December 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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