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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 ?
149 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
586 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
94 days
316 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
153 days
278 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
149 days
607 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
133 days
636 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
292 days
971 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
60 days
125 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
60 days
172 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
82 days
169 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
51 days
250 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
72 days
461 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: 
August 1 - October 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
December 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeonsort descending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
239 days
174 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
149 days
111 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
147 days
315 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
365 days
1460 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
203 days
423 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
882 days
433 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
261 days
349 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
---
Eric Howatt
Kentville
143 days
679 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
190 days
185 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
177 days
660 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
159 days
701 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
87 days
216 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
96 days
178 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
227 days
316 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
189 days
232 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
347 days
431 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
132 days
227 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
1177 days
511 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
303 days
660 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
118 days
263 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
897 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
525 days
685 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
447 days
420 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
99 days
190 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
112 days
544 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
84 days
72 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
41 days
56 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
42 days
185 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
103 days
1159 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
85 days
253 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
101 days
316 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
145 days
211 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
---
Eric Howatt
Kentville
73 days
381 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
36 days
51 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
77 days
316 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
74 days
438 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
43 days
147 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
55 days
85 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
113 days
203 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
147 days
163 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
276 days
208 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
75 days
89 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
208 days
434 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
58 days
324 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
23 days
157 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
305 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
108 days
504 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
63 days
198 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
49 days
135 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
62 days
408 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 2018 - October 31 2019
Next Update: 
December 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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