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Palmar Fascia Excision for Dupuytren's Disease

Service/Procedure Summary

This surgery corrects the effects of Dupuytren's Disease, which causes fingers to bend towards the palm of the hand and not fully extend.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
290 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
181 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
102 days
110 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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181 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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280 days
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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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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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
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
55 days
55 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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61 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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154 days
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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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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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
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
102 days
55 days
Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
118 days
52 days
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
106 days
77 days
David T Tang
Halifax
245 days
33 days
David Hayden
Bridgewater
243 days
133 days
George R Davis
Dartmouth
220 days
236 days
Justin L Paletz
Halifax
247 days
258 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
1167 days
70 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
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John D Stein
Halifax
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Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
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182 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
Abdulrazzak O Atiyah
New Waterford
23 days
19 days
Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
54 days
36 days
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
73 days
33 days
David Hayden
Bridgewater
84 days
105 days
David T Tang
Halifax
196 days
22 days
George R Davis
Dartmouth
157 days
89 days
Justin L Paletz
Halifax
180 days
134 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
823 days
7 days
Faith Dodd
Sydney
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John D Stein
Halifax
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Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
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149 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: 
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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