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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 ?
185 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
250 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
204 days
202 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
27 days
432 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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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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250 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%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
23 days
102 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
155 days
127 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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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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91 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: 
February 1 - April 30 2023
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2023

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeonsort descending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Allison Tucker
Windsor
22 days
94 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
204 days
202 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
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Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
55 days
101 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
141 days
140 days
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
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191 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
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Karl John Logan
Halifax
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Megan Gillis
Kentville
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574 days
Michelle Arakgi
Yarmouth
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Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
72 days
165 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
149 days
495 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
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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%

Surgeonsort descending Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Allison Tucker
Windsor
18 days
29 days
Catherine M Coady
Halifax
73 days
109 days
David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
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Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
42 days
61 days
Gregory Clarke
Kentville
35 days
103 days
Horacio Yepes
Sydney
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62 days
Ivan Wong
Halifax
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Karl John Logan
Halifax
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Megan Gillis
Kentville
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168 days
Michelle Arakgi
Yarmouth
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Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
12 days
46 days
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Dartmouth
23 days
89 days
Tahmir H. El-Tahan
New Glasgow
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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 2022 - April 30 2023
Next Update: 
June 2023
Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, 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.

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