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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 ?
316 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
519 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
160 days
302 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
146 days
470 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
254 days
897 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
722 days
469 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
872 days
520 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 Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
75 days
88 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
86 days
199 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
96 days
201 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
129 days
223 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
101 days
350 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 - April 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeonsort descending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
280 days
263 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
152 days
93 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
245 days
236 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
181 days
1483 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
468 days
369 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
770 days
421 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
272 days
328 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
675 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
335 days
776 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
190 days
150 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
182 days
751 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
209 days
619 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
185 days
153 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
109 days
127 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
316 days
375 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
256 days
256 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
344 days
446 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
---
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
163 days
314 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
1134 days
450 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
162 days
610 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
50 days
208 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
682 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
562 days
545 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
632 days
257 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
199 days
134 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
131 days
431 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%

Surgeonsort descending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
132 days
142 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
23 days
48 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
84 days
145 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
108 days
1153 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
229 days
163 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
341 days
351 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
183 days
183 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
555 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
79 days
434 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
47 days
53 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
98 days
400 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
82 days
342 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
51 days
68 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
66 days
57 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
149 days
140 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
175 days
200 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
211 days
208 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
---
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
89 days
113 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
320 days
342 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
28 days
336 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
27 days
104 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
305 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
105 days
475 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
133 days
162 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
41 days
55 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
47 days
284 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: 
May 1 2018 - April 30 2019
Next Update: 
June 2019
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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