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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 ?
97 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
456 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
37 days
200 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
59 days
655 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
95 days
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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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161 days
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
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
23 days
96 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
19 days
112 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
48 days
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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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111 days
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: 
September 1 - November 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
January 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
97 days
83 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
49 days
138 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
77 days
282 days
Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
113 days
251 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
112 days
314 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
159 days
408 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
81 days
576 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
312 days
1060 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
---
196 days
Karl John Logan
Halifax
---
---
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
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397 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
19 days
61 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
21 days
66 days
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
53 days
71 days
Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
63 days
123 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
101 days
87 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
37 days
188 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
73 days
154 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
133 days
190 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
---
109 days
Karl John Logan
Halifax
---
---
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
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262 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: 
December 1 2018 - November 30 2019
Next Update: 
January 2020
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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