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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 ?
322 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
172 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
171 days
44 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
177 days
145 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
29 days
440 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
306 days
181 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
427 days
127 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
179 days
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
158 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%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
39 days
31 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
92 days
88 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
133 days
69 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
186 days
106 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
16 days
376 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
41 days
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
140 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: 
August 1 2018 - July 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Jane Watson-Jessome
Dartmouth
153 days
92 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
240 days
181 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
29 days
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
568 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
128 days
55 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
180 days
128 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
16 days
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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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.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
August 1 2018 - July 31 2019
Next Update: 
September 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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