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Pilonidal Cyst Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgical removal of an abscess on the buttocks.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
263 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
157 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
93 days
67 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
21 days
243 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
211 days
153 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
390 days
155 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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79 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
73 days
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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82 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
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
24 days
45 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
107 days
92 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
127 days
85 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
15 days
202 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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58 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
26 days
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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39 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 2018 - January 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Jane Watson-Jessome
Dartmouth
133 days
105 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
17 days
243 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
211 days
153 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
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Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
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155 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
427 days
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
39 days
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Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
203 days
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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
Jane Watson-Jessome
Dartmouth
91 days
77 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
137 days
85 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
13 days
223 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
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Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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Jessica Louise Mills
Halifax
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
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45 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
355 days
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
28 days
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Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
101 days
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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: 
February 1 2018 - January 31 2019
Next Update: 
March 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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