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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 ?
320 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
570 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
200 days
274 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
317 days
375 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
415 days
492 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
256 days
778 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
580 days
595 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
93 days
76 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
136 days
128 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
76 days
193 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
55 days
244 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
88 days
320 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: 
September 1 - November 30 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
93 days
64 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
112 days
160 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
120 days
173 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
202 days
219 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
58 days
371 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
215 days
267 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
251 days
256 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
143 days
365 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
464 days
53 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
206 days
314 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
258 days
307 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
454 days
257 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
756 days
56 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
475 days
390 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
358 days
512 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
339 days
545 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
363 days
565 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
300 days
638 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
575 days
421 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
229 days
776 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
475 days
564 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
134 days
918 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
989 days
391 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
299 days
1483 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
805 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
674 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
695 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
14 days
49 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
38 days
42 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
49 days
44 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
27 days
66 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
80 days
35 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
72 days
67 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
77 days
91 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
147 days
125 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
116 days
183 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
44 days
260 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
213 days
118 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
203 days
142 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
180 days
177 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
154 days
204 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
97 days
313 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
75 days
365 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
283 days
195 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
315 days
169 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
98 days
476 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
121 days
459 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
97 days
484 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
262 days
360 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
367 days
325 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
185 days
1114 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
588 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
164 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
333 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: 
December 1 2017 - November 30 2018
Next Update: 
January 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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