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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 ?
434 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
448 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
138 days
260 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
187 days
328 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
355 days
304 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
429 days
748 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
727 days
470 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
81 days
167 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
92 days
169 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
145 days
246 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
169 days
125 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
217 days
243 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: 
February 1 - April 30 2022
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2022

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Michael Gross
Halifax
97 days
379 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
167 days
664 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
169 days
205 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
169 days
324 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
171 days
170 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
188 days
552 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
196 days
509 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
214 days
349 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
234 days
169 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
256 days
597 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
263 days
279 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
295 days
864 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
300 days
796 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
304 days
1359 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
313 days
541 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
313 days
662 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
319 days
286 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
724 days
195 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
827 days
664 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
912 days
259 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
991 days
608 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
2093 days
819 days
David Wilson
Halifax
---
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
806 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
---
364 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
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
43 days
141 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
45 days
100 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
47 days
272 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
60 days
141 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
72 days
566 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
80 days
52 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
84 days
171 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
112 days
506 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
115 days
77 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
121 days
204 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
124 days
134 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
128 days
237 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
131 days
759 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
136 days
119 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
146 days
99 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
148 days
594 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
168 days
354 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
205 days
629 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
208 days
691 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
216 days
117 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
254 days
379 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
293 days
379 days
David Wilson
Halifax
---
---
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
258 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
---
288 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: 
May 1 2021 - April 30 2022
Next Update: 
June 2022
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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