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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 ?
434 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
710 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort ascending Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
528 days
493 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
413 days
720 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
372 days
1145 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
227 days
543 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
196 days
322 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 ascending Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
165 days
202 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
160 days
558 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
126 days
147 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
114 days
139 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
96 days
299 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 2023
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2023

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort ascending Surgery Wait Time
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Dartmouth
1079 days
252 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Dartmouth
1070 days
316 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
917 days
565 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
650 days
330 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
612 days
700 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
525 days
1090 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
488 days
586 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
434 days
856 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
385 days
863 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
376 days
357 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
365 days
648 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
355 days
980 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
328 days
461 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
265 days
176 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
256 days
597 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
253 days
1434 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
248 days
371 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
231 days
253 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
203 days
175 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
202 days
267 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
196 days
491 days
Brendan O'Neill
Dartmouth
161 days
521 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
153 days
733 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
133 days
244 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
126 days
664 days
David Wilson
Halifax
---
121 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 ascending Surgery Wait Time
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
345 days
400 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
338 days
290 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
308 days
444 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
299 days
560 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Dartmouth
260 days
82 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Dartmouth
259 days
77 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
229 days
336 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
187 days
398 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
181 days
191 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
180 days
107 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
160 days
254 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
142 days
659 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
139 days
158 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
136 days
155 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
134 days
772 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
107 days
285 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
107 days
132 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
102 days
125 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
99 days
470 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
91 days
859 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
88 days
118 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
79 days
155 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
72 days
566 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
68 days
636 days
Brendan O'Neill
Dartmouth
37 days
175 days
David Wilson
Halifax
---
73 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: 
February 1 2022 - January 31 2023
Next Update: 
March 2023
Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, 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.

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