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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 ?
256 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
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
171 days
67 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
17 days
243 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
232 days
181 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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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial 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
32 days
36 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
122 days
87 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
134 days
85 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
13 days
213 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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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial 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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27 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: 
April 1 2018 - March 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
May 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Jane Watson-Jessome
Dartmouth
141 days
105 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
211 days
181 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
427 days
143 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
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Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
145 days
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
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155 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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243 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
93 days
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
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Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
256 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
103 days
77 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
141 days
85 days
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
234 days
93 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
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Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
110 days
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Dafydd Alexander Davies
Halifax
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
---
41 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
225 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
31 days
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
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Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
141 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: 
April 1 2018 - March 31 2019
Next Update: 
May 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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