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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 ?
234 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
687 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
163 days
405 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
204 days
304 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
260 days
691 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
269 days
757 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
277 days
726 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
86 days
376 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
92 days
288 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
133 days
194 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
163 days
237 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
201 days
511 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: 
July 1 - September 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
November 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
65 days
364 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
118 days
255 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
128 days
787 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
134 days
378 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
142 days
247 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
144 days
267 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
147 days
210 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
151 days
459 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
154 days
392 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
154 days
293 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
177 days
379 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
192 days
380 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
201 days
672 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
203 days
614 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
204 days
443 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
223 days
636 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
231 days
359 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
238 days
719 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
242 days
220 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
277 days
463 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
292 days
1362 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
373 days
353 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
---
543 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
---
364 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
939 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
21 days
288 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
27 days
64 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
32 days
124 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
42 days
665 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
57 days
76 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
62 days
266 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
66 days
299 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
68 days
233 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
68 days
956 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
75 days
195 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
76 days
505 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
76 days
280 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
78 days
377 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
82 days
134 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
84 days
187 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
86 days
158 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
98 days
24 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
99 days
211 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
102 days
136 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
105 days
543 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
107 days
519 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
123 days
312 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
---
403 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
---
288 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
318 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: 
October 1 2019 - September 30 2020
Next Update: 
November 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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