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Knee Scope with ACL Repair

Service/Procedure Summary

During this procedure, the ligament in the centre of the knee is replaced with a new ligament (the Anterior cruciate ligament).

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
147 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
392 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
105 days
141 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
103 days
422 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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314 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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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.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
69 days
76 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
29 days
133 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
---
195 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
---
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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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: 
February 1 - April 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
69 days
104 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
38 days
141 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
147 days
157 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
117 days
190 days
Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
105 days
251 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
56 days
392 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
123 days
424 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
286 days
314 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
---
206 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
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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.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
10 days
39 days
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
36 days
48 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
16 days
70 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
79 days
32 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
27 days
110 days
Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
70 days
84 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
52 days
163 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
165 days
110 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
---
126 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
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132 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: 
May 1 2018 - April 30 2019
Next Update: 
June 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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