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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 ?
303 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
192 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
154 days
89 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
179 days
89 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
158 days
110 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
177 days
145 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
306 days
181 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
395 days
155 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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440 days
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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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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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
36 days
37 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
42 days
55 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
100 days
25 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
65 days
85 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
133 days
76 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
186 days
108 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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376 days
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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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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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: 
October 1 2018 - September 30 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
November 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
179 days
63 days
Jane Watson-Jessome
Windsor
153 days
111 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
240 days
181 days
Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
568 days
132 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
36 days
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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
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Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
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Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
107 days
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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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
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
41 days
55 days
Jane Watson-Jessome
Windsor
133 days
55 days
Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
203 days
76 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
174 days
129 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
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Alison Archibald
North Sydney
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Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
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Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Eric Hyun
New Glasgow
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
13 days
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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
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Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
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Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
---
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
35 days
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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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: 
October 1 2018 - September 30 2019
Next Update: 
November 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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