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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 ?
196 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
225 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
123 days
163 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
280 days
92 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
117 days
267 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
257 days
240 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
334 days
206 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
385 days
232 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
706 days
480 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
195 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
181 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
---

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
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
25 days
53 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
36 days
49 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
69 days
58 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
54 days
96 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
72 days
84 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
69 days
92 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
112 days
136 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
130 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
80 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
---

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 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
73 days
66 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
88 days
70 days
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
90 days
122 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
100 days
128 days
Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
70 days
165 days
Karl John Logan
Halifax
113 days
134 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
50 days
220 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
104 days
206 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
198 days
120 days
Douglas A Legay
Windsor
124 days
204 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
182 days
164 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
229 days
135 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
112 days
269 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
151 days
245 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
190 days
216 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
69 days
344 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
241 days
187 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
373 days
230 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
307 days
298 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
233 days
425 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
531 days
185 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
458 days
396 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
1141 days
413 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
1420 days
268 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
1755 days
227 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
---
162 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
---
309 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
---
---
John McPherson
Kentville
---
204 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
---
---

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
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
35 days
39 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
27 days
47 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
33 days
44 days
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
33 days
68 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
67 days
45 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
48 days
65 days
Karl John Logan
Halifax
44 days
70 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
38 days
90 days
Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
38 days
96 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
43 days
91 days
Douglas A Legay
Windsor
69 days
75 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
51 days
107 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
96 days
78 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
34 days
140 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
85 days
92 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
103 days
91 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
120 days
80 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
111 days
104 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
118 days
102 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
67 days
156 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
32 days
204 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
205 days
66 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
140 days
147 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
279 days
42 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
337 days
231 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
---
96 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
---
203 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
---
---
John McPherson
Kentville
---
58 days
Thomas Duncan Smith
Halifax
---
---

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 2018 - May 31 2019
Next Update: 
July 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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