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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 ?
317 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
592 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
187 days
274 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
317 days
375 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
415 days
496 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
256 days
944 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
689 days
591 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
70 days
68 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
88 days
164 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
129 days
144 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
70 days
281 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
91 days
314 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 - December 31 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
February 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeonsort descending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
215 days
267 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
99 days
71 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
218 days
219 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
291 days
1483 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
475 days
369 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
576 days
443 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
248 days
307 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
805 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
229 days
760 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
129 days
164 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
174 days
905 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
316 days
581 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
736 days
63 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
111 days
160 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
347 days
512 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
251 days
256 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
475 days
564 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
674 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
192 days
314 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
1120 days
406 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
308 days
638 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
50 days
371 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
745 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
365 days
545 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
454 days
243 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
377 days
64 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
140 days
398 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
116 days
180 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
14 days
45 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
83 days
100 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
143 days
1152 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
295 days
165 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
283 days
358 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
180 days
180 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
599 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
95 days
469 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
47 days
45 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
99 days
528 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
96 days
314 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
38 days
43 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
63 days
65 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
181 days
120 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
154 days
206 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
283 days
197 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
164 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
141 days
122 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
366 days
324 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
84 days
350 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
25 days
66 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
338 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
129 days
463 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
204 days
153 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
34 days
37 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
37 days
266 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: 
January 1 2018 - December 31 2018
Next Update: 
February 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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