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Knee Scope

Service/Procedure Summary

Knee arthroscopy is when a special camera called an endoscope is inserted inside the knee to check for problems. Surgery is often done at the same time as the arthroscopy.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
202 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
198 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
57 days
140 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
118 days
132 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
183 days
89 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
140 days
185 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
225 days
164 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
104 days
290 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
228 days
226 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
315 days
442 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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446 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
37 days
31 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
20 days
51 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
57 days
43 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
70 days
31 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
59 days
50 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
95 days
52 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
36 days
121 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
98 days
59 days
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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168 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: 
March 1 - May 31 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
John McPherson
Kentville
60 days
111 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
153 days
74 days
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
73 days
186 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
123 days
153 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
144 days
136 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
183 days
102 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
90 days
199 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
60 days
254 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
202 days
141 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
184 days
169 days
Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
125 days
233 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
141 days
225 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
148 days
228 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
265 days
113 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
217 days
167 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
140 days
245 days
Allison Tucker
Windsor
116 days
318 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
139 days
328 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
208 days
413 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
388 days
303 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
324 days
645 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
56 days
1164 days
Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
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Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
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Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
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Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
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Karl John Logan
Halifax
---
446 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
220 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
218 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
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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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
24 days
33 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
21 days
46 days
Allison Tucker
Windsor
24 days
58 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
52 days
44 days
John McPherson
Kentville
49 days
58 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
44 days
68 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
54 days
66 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
58 days
64 days
Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
55 days
72 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
84 days
52 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
64 days
76 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
44 days
97 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
41 days
107 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
83 days
68 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
117 days
35 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
110 days
66 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
91 days
99 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
50 days
142 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
40 days
212 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
38 days
234 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
163 days
145 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
125 days
215 days
Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
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Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
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Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
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Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
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Karl John Logan
Halifax
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250 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
---
73 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
---
161 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
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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: 
June 1 2020 - May 31 2021
Next Update: 
July 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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