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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 ?
147 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
566 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
162 days
242 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
139 days
399 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
75 days
598 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
151 days
601 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
127 days
751 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
55 days
79 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
76 days
140 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
31 days
237 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
66 days
234 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
78 days
495 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 - February 29 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
110 days
183 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
103 days
191 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
159 days
142 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
182 days
126 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
112 days
210 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
93 days
245 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
129 days
228 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
174 days
232 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
56 days
364 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
95 days
331 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
105 days
399 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
211 days
354 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
106 days
496 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
262 days
358 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
243 days
420 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
164 days
550 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
143 days
697 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
162 days
683 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
331 days
596 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
562 days
699 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
882 days
439 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
1009 days
488 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
1053 days
543 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
365 days
1481 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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918 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
23 days
48 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
59 days
69 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
58 days
90 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
75 days
79 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
62 days
96 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
55 days
119 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
41 days
155 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
42 days
190 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
35 days
201 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
17 days
222 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
106 days
153 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
73 days
219 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
70 days
253 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
70 days
261 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
124 days
209 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
102 days
253 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
67 days
291 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
72 days
359 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
237 days
277 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
62 days
457 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
63 days
534 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
77 days
522 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
191 days
450 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
72 days
1093 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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294 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 2019 - February 29 2020
Next Update: 
April 2020
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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