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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 ?
588 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
337 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort ascending
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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337 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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167 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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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%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort ascending
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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98 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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53 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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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: 
February 1 - April 30 2023
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2023

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Timesort ascending
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
46 days
794 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
104 days
383 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
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337 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Dartmouth
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223 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Dartmouth
810 days
223 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
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207 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
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175 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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William K Beveridge
Kentville
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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Megan Gillis
Kentville
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Thomas Duncan Smith
Dartmouth
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Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
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Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
---
---
Brendan O'Neill
Dartmouth
---
---
Eric Howatt
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 Timesort ascending
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
35 days
161 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
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127 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
62 days
111 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
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76 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
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60 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Dartmouth
302 days
39 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Dartmouth
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18 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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William K Beveridge
Kentville
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
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Megan Gillis
Kentville
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Thomas Duncan Smith
Dartmouth
---
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Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
---
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Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
---
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Brendan O'Neill
Dartmouth
---
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Eric Howatt
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: 
May 1 2022 - April 30 2023
Next Update: 
June 2023
Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, 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.

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