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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 ?
315 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
416 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
185 days
47 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
223 days
360 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
322 days
434 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
649 days
323 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
218 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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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
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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
26 days
40 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
52 days
21 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
107 days
109 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
224 days
361 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
59 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
---
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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
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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 2020 - February 28 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
257 days
174 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
322 days
423 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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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
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
71 days
25 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
218 days
361 days
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
---
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
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Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
---
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
---
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Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
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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 2020 - February 28 2021
Next Update: 
April 2021
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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