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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 ?
159 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
577 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
180 days
300 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
94 days
407 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
138 days
597 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
477 days
544 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
365 days
923 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
60 days
138 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
71 days
176 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
75 days
191 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
55 days
258 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
73 days
425 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 - September 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
November 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
98 days
164 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
56 days
208 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
173 days
105 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
99 days
183 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
85 days
202 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
190 days
164 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
141 days
233 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
239 days
177 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
182 days
303 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
256 days
232 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
217 days
349 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
227 days
354 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
112 days
538 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
289 days
461 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
347 days
446 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
143 days
679 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
159 days
701 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
447 days
420 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
182 days
695 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
303 days
660 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
562 days
685 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
882 days
426 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
1177 days
508 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
427 days
1583 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
821 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
40 days
50 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
39 days
55 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
57 days
69 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
75 days
83 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
44 days
117 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
22 days
141 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
41 days
134 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
114 days
73 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
43 days
182 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
106 days
196 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
116 days
201 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
173 days
166 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
98 days
254 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
150 days
210 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
77 days
331 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
91 days
354 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
132 days
326 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
60 days
398 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
71 days
395 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
73 days
417 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
276 days
217 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
213 days
382 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
116 days
502 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
93 days
1210 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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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: 
October 1 2018 - September 30 2019
Next Update: 
November 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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