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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 ?
251 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
685 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
130 days
761 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
198 days
553 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
234 days
228 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
252 days
721 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
1961 days
673 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
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
69 days
131 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
84 days
111 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
121 days
110 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
161 days
235 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
168 days
561 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 - August 31 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
October 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
86 days
498 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
97 days
251 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
126 days
575 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
142 days
212 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
153 days
429 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
169 days
230 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
174 days
547 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
207 days
274 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
210 days
370 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
225 days
729 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
226 days
209 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
236 days
353 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
241 days
1230 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
252 days
538 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
256 days
488 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
264 days
790 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
274 days
412 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
293 days
380 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
391 days
1517 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
535 days
692 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
896 days
518 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
2118 days
762 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
1334 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
---
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
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
42 days
210 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
57 days
549 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
58 days
229 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
65 days
199 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
68 days
118 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
83 days
49 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
88 days
68 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
90 days
112 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
93 days
256 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
98 days
223 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
105 days
174 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
108 days
762 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
109 days
215 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
115 days
601 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
121 days
32 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
125 days
675 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
126 days
135 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
140 days
133 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
166 days
399 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
205 days
578 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
224 days
431 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
231 days
652 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
327 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
---
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: 
September 1 2020 - August 31 2021
Next Update: 
October 2021
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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