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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 ?
266 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
240 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
91 days
129 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
116 days
168 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
242 days
98 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
141 days
332 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
267 days
245 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
536 days
198 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
693 days
172 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
127 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
82 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
35 days
40 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
40 days
38 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
61 days
63 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
60 days
95 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
55 days
101 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
79 days
77 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
72 days
90 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
117 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
41 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
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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: 
May 1 - July 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 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
95 days
103 days
Karl John Logan
Halifax
92 days
127 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
100 days
128 days
Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
70 days
195 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
60 days
218 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
104 days
206 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
179 days
139 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
198 days
130 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
229 days
135 days
Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
148 days
218 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
195 days
218 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
69 days
344 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
241 days
205 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
182 days
267 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
167 days
332 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
373 days
209 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
290 days
308 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
334 days
321 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
531 days
176 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
267 days
453 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
532 days
396 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
1141 days
413 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
1755 days
227 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
2498 days
465 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
---
150 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
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
27 days
41 days
Bangaradka Radhakrishna Prasad
New Glasgow
34 days
41 days
Jennifer Laura Leighton
Halifax
37 days
39 days
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
30 days
51 days
Kevin G Orrell
Sydney
57 days
43 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
47 days
68 days
Karl John Logan
Halifax
48 days
71 days
Benjamin Orlik
Halifax
38 days
91 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
47 days
83 days
Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
69 days
72 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
37 days
107 days
Eric Howatt
Kentville
66 days
79 days
Brendan O'Neill
Halifax
60 days
105 days
William K Beveridge
Kentville
36 days
131 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
87 days
94 days
Gerald P Reardon
Halifax
40 days
142 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
106 days
84 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
72 days
132 days
Stanislaus Sequeira
New Glasgow
114 days
91 days
Andrew Hayward
New Glasgow
104 days
112 days
Nadia L Murphy
Kentville
154 days
139 days
Dennis Todd Boudreau
New Glasgow
96 days
203 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
247 days
66 days
Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
227 days
89 days
Michael Gross
Halifax
186 days
133 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
412 days
214 days
Christopher Glen Richardson
Halifax
---
85 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: 
August 1 2018 - July 31 2019
Next Update: 
September 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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