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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 ?
203 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
138 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
40 days
16 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
101 days
87 days
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
314 days
27 days
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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North Sydney
Northside General 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
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
18 days
7 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
23 days
12 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
32 days
27 days
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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North Sydney
Northside General 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: 
March 1 - May 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
July 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Hatim G Malik
North Sydney
76 days
32 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
127 days
46 days
David Hayden
Bridgewater
74 days
150 days
David T Tang
Halifax
196 days
44 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
245 days
68 days
David G Johnston
Halifax
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518 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Eric Howatt
Kentville
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Jacob D Alant
Halifax
483 days
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John D Stein
Halifax
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John McPherson
Kentville
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Justin L Paletz
Halifax
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Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
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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
4 days
10 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
31 days
10 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
38 days
21 days
David T Tang
Halifax
50 days
22 days
David Hayden
Bridgewater
51 days
81 days
David G Johnston
Halifax
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204 days
Edward Hewins
Kentville
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Eric Howatt
Kentville
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Jacob D Alant
Halifax
90 days
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John D Stein
Halifax
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John McPherson
Kentville
---
---
Justin L Paletz
Halifax
---
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Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
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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: 
June 1 2018 - May 31 2019
Next Update: 
July 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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