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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 ?
154 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
601 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
127 days
883 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
134 days
364 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
151 days
614 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
162 days
245 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
164 days
675 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
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
42 days
232 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
66 days
173 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
70 days
250 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
75 days
79 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
88 days
495 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: 
November 1 - January 31 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
87 days
237 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
98 days
322 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
99 days
191 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
105 days
183 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
125 days
412 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
129 days
225 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
147 days
697 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
147 days
185 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
159 days
142 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
160 days
510 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
164 days
126 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
164 days
550 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
181 days
232 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
188 days
683 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
212 days
354 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
262 days
379 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
292 days
1460 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
331 days
596 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
343 days
364 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
447 days
420 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
562 days
700 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
882 days
439 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
1009 days
488 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
1071 days
527 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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923 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
---
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
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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
16 days
201 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
23 days
49 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
38 days
201 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
41 days
191 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
43 days
155 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
55 days
68 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
56 days
125 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
56 days
91 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
61 days
89 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
64 days
434 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
67 days
78 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
67 days
315 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
68 days
245 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
70 days
1078 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
74 days
285 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
74 days
508 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
75 days
256 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
76 days
377 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
76 days
534 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
115 days
252 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
117 days
155 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
125 days
211 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
192 days
447 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
250 days
231 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
305 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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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 2019 - January 31 2020
Next Update: 
March 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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