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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 ?
95 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
522 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
63 days
148 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
88 days
523 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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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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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
33 days
70 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
32 days
187 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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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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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: 
April 1 - June 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
August 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
95 days
83 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
42 days
141 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
159 days
190 days
Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
105 days
250 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
147 days
263 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
50 days
394 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
56 days
392 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
120 days
422 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
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314 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
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206 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
11 days
43 days
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
42 days
50 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
16 days
76 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
79 days
36 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
33 days
133 days
Megan Gillis
Kentville
57 days
110 days
Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
99 days
112 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
49 days
174 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
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128 days
Donald M Brien
Sydney
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143 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: 
July 1 2018 - June 30 2019
Next Update: 
August 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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