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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 ?
167 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
539 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
112 days
837 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
132 days
287 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
163 days
377 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
167 days
561 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
1763 days
272 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
81 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
51 days
209 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
80 days
200 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
82 days
442 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
102 days
225 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: 
March 1 - May 31 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
90 days
386 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
105 days
192 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
105 days
490 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
108 days
210 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
112 days
238 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
118 days
661 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
123 days
352 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
124 days
176 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
129 days
244 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
142 days
276 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
143 days
657 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
151 days
550 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
158 days
544 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
174 days
232 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
198 days
400 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
243 days
448 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
254 days
126 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
261 days
328 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
343 days
364 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
365 days
1481 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
373 days
596 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
482 days
699 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
920 days
439 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
1009 days
508 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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918 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
20 days
286 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
24 days
44 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
31 days
97 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
49 days
590 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
50 days
191 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
51 days
91 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
56 days
203 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
58 days
59 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
61 days
159 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
63 days
468 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
64 days
252 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
66 days
250 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
70 days
1031 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
71 days
363 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
73 days
167 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
75 days
532 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
76 days
99 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
77 days
113 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
94 days
280 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
95 days
288 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
106 days
141 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
109 days
501 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
118 days
211 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
287 days
333 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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253 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: 
June 1 2019 - May 31 2020
Next Update: 
July 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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