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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 ?
139 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
603 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
95 days
343 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
122 days
544 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
132 days
636 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
154 days
268 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
234 days
1031 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
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
54 days
252 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
55 days
149 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
58 days
130 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
72 days
181 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
73 days
494 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: 
September 1 - November 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
88 days
221 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
97 days
176 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
99 days
185 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
112 days
544 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
118 days
263 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
129 days
315 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
129 days
223 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
143 days
679 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
149 days
111 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
151 days
423 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
162 days
683 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
176 days
592 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
177 days
136 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
189 days
255 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
190 days
210 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
212 days
323 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
263 days
349 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
303 days
660 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
365 days
1419 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
447 days
420 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
637 days
685 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
882 days
433 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
1009 days
431 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
1177 days
513 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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927 days
Edward Hewins
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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
22 days
194 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
32 days
52 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
38 days
196 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
42 days
191 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
44 days
151 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
44 days
57 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
56 days
90 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
56 days
134 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
58 days
315 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
62 days
413 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
64 days
89 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
74 days
293 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
74 days
462 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
74 days
289 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
76 days
381 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
80 days
72 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
82 days
253 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
94 days
1082 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
108 days
520 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
115 days
210 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
132 days
211 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
132 days
165 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
199 days
436 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
280 days
217 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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305 days
Edward Hewins
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: 
December 1 2018 - November 30 2019
Next Update: 
January 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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