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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 ?
227 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
553 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
136 days
302 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
126 days
470 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
494 days
494 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
161 days
835 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
516 days
659 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
55 days
87 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
48 days
176 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
63 days
203 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
49 days
249 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
83 days
391 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: 
April 1 - June 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeonsort descending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
239 days
224 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
152 days
84 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
222 days
245 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
---
1460 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
461 days
438 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
778 days
426 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
230 days
330 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
675 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
258 days
772 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
166 days
150 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
182 days
750 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
188 days
666 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
120 days
175 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
99 days
127 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
307 days
375 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
256 days
237 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
344 days
446 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
155 days
238 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
1214 days
469 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
217 days
596 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
48 days
263 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
821 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
883 days
611 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
454 days
245 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
126 days
169 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
116 days
460 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
129 days
96 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
29 days
54 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
64 days
162 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
---
1075 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
159 days
218 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
151 days
350 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
167 days
189 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
555 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
69 days
434 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
47 days
52 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
80 days
380 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
80 days
369 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
41 days
119 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
61 days
61 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
126 days
154 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
180 days
182 days
Michael J Dunbar
Halifax
227 days
217 days
Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
77 days
83 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
289 days
364 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
57 days
316 days
Richard Hurley
Dartmouth
24 days
120 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
338 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
205 days
475 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
92 days
166 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
48 days
114 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
51 days
315 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: 
July 1 2018 - June 30 2019
Next Update: 
August 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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