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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 ?
294 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
297 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
65 days
62 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
97 days
144 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
203 days
153 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
181 days
209 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
263 days
156 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
181 days
373 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
409 days
425 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
576 days
266 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
693 days
351 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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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%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
37 days
43 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
51 days
50 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
55 days
55 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
50 days
65 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
64 days
70 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
72 days
118 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
69 days
125 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
71 days
132 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
258 days
129 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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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: 
November 1 - January 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
51 days
66 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
108 days
68 days
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
97 days
105 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
110 days
117 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
174 days
70 days
John McPherson
Kentville
52 days
204 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
116 days
173 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
151 days
146 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
99 days
213 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
197 days
120 days
Karl John Logan
Halifax
197 days
135 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
158 days
184 days
Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
131 days
221 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
133 days
245 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
93 days
297 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
57 days
344 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
256 days
187 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
270 days
272 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
420 days
298 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
423 days
371 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
486 days
309 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
523 days
288 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
83 days
757 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
492 days
444 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
719 days
372 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
1755 days
458 days
Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
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104 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
396 days
Luke Edward Gauthier
Halifax
---
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Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
---
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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
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
18 days
49 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
31 days
39 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
27 days
48 days
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
38 days
44 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
56 days
53 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
73 days
41 days
John McPherson
Kentville
40 days
83 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
49 days
84 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
35 days
98 days
Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
66 days
76 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
47 days
98 days
Karl John Logan
Halifax
80 days
71 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
73 days
92 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
39 days
140 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
58 days
130 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
27 days
186 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
87 days
137 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
98 days
127 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
121 days
106 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
95 days
137 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
92 days
163 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
199 days
57 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
205 days
83 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
187 days
179 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
219 days
167 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
339 days
95 days
Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
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62 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
---
249 days
Luke Edward Gauthier
Halifax
---
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Michelle E O'Neill
Sydney
---
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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: 
February 1 2018 - January 31 2019
Next Update: 
March 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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