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Knee Replacement Revision

Service/Procedure Summary

This surgery replaces a previously implanted artificial knee joint with a new one.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
186 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
271 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
99 days
340 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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127 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
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
78 days
67 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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48 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 28 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
136 days
130 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
143 days
271 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
95 days
340 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
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Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
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Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
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179 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
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Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
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Megan Gillis
Kentville
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
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48 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
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Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
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William K Beveridge
Kentville
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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
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
62 days
126 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
110 days
83 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
77 days
127 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
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Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
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Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
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43 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
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Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
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Megan Gillis
Kentville
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
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36 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
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Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
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William K Beveridge
Kentville
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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 2020 - February 28 2021
Next Update: 
April 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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