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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 ?
137 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
470 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
137 days
407 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
103 days
518 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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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
49 days
61 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
56 days
171 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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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: 
December 1 - February 28 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Allison Tucker
Windsor
133 days
127 days
Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
129 days
180 days
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
70 days
391 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
191 days
364 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
146 days
571 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
350 days
498 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
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364 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
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Gregory Clarke
Kentville
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587 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
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Karl John Logan
Halifax
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Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
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52 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
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
37 days
70 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
21 days
89 days
Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
75 days
62 days
Allison Tucker
Windsor
68 days
85 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
51 days
197 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
142 days
207 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
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266 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
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Gregory Clarke
Kentville
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163 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
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Karl John Logan
Halifax
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Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
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39 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 2020 - February 28 2021
Next Update: 
April 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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