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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 ?
161 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
626 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
106 days
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
135 days
---
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
152 days
697 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
161 days
196 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
---
451 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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
41 days
---
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
59 days
161 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
69 days
553 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
114 days
---
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
---
197 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: 
April 1 - June 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Faith Dodd
Sydney
91 days
233 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
94 days
364 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
107 days
176 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
112 days
242 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
129 days
261 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
133 days
485 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
134 days
359 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
140 days
555 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
142 days
683 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
147 days
636 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
159 days
553 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
174 days
204 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
175 days
448 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
203 days
309 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
234 days
354 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
254 days
159 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
331 days
438 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
365 days
433 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
365 days
1481 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
525 days
700 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
1009 days
508 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
25 days
100 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
25 days
51 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
42 days
602 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
51 days
195 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
61 days
59 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
62 days
244 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
63 days
488 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
69 days
246 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
70 days
1016 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
70 days
351 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
76 days
162 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
76 days
280 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
76 days
203 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
78 days
101 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
79 days
533 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
90 days
38 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
100 days
288 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
105 days
140 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
107 days
505 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
112 days
206 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
274 days
336 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
209 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 2019 - June 30 2020
Next Update: 
August 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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