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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 ?
266 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
700 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
149 days
456 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
276 days
386 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
418 days
636 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
327 days
733 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
274 days
851 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
86 days
180 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
67 days
272 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
120 days
242 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
86 days
367 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
210 days
543 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 - November 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeonsort descending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
207 days
387 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
242 days
220 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
242 days
434 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
391 days
1637 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
135 days
414 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
151 days
458 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
177 days
351 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
242 days
548 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
108 days
209 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
211 days
342 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
265 days
753 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
218 days
328 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
276 days
467 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
117 days
265 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
---
598 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
---
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
251 days
286 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
473 days
686 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
373 days
346 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
---
364 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
120 days
347 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
1356 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
418 days
789 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
175 days
377 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
156 days
248 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
228 days
628 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
63 days
354 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
62 days
167 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
84 days
187 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
76 days
883 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
67 days
228 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
70 days
343 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
88 days
211 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
91 days
380 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
44 days
64 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
127 days
109 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
112 days
589 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
98 days
215 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
165 days
405 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
82 days
126 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
---
462 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
---
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
133 days
162 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
151 days
555 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
77 days
234 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
---
288 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
44 days
288 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
395 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
71 days
664 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
121 days
328 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
103 days
26 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
122 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.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
December 1 2019 - November 30 2020
Next Update: 
January 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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