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Nerve Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

This surgery includes tethered cord release of the spine and decompression, transposition, exploration, or repair of a nerve.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
120 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
136 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
25 days
34 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
957 days
253 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community 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
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
17 days
13 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
76 days
29 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community 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: 
May 1 - July 31 2017
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2017

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Hatim G Malik
North Sydney
48 days
57 days
David T Tang
Halifax
111 days
34 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
14 days
392 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Eric Howatt
Kentville
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Faith Dodd
Inverness
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J Andrew I Trenholm
Halifax
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Jason G Williams
Halifax
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John D Stein
Halifax
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Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
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Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
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Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
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Michael Brennan
Antigonish
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
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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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Hatim G Malik
North Sydney
11 days
16 days
David T Tang
Halifax
45 days
23 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
11 days
90 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Eric Howatt
Kentville
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Faith Dodd
Inverness
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J Andrew I Trenholm
Halifax
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Jason G Williams
Halifax
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John D Stein
Halifax
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Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
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Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
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Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
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Michael Brennan
Antigonish
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Michael Paul Biddulph
Halifax
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S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
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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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Next Update: 
September 2017
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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