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Patella Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery on the knee cap.

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

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
136 days
261 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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288 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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Windsor
Hants Community 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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
78 days
112 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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186 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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Windsor
Hants Community 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 2019 - February 29 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
136 days
350 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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Luke Edward Gauthier
Halifax
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Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
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David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
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Benjamin Orlik
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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Nathan Alexander Urquhart
Windsor
80 days
127 days
Ross K Leighton
Halifax
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Luke Edward Gauthier
Halifax
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Douglas A Legay
Dartmouth
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David A O'Brien
Dartmouth
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Benjamin Orlik
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: 
March 1 2019 - February 29 2020
Next Update: 
April 2020
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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