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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 Timesort descending
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
171 days
44 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
427 days
127 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
177 days
145 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
306 days
181 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
29 days
440 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
158 days
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
179 days
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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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 Timesort descending
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
39 days
31 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
133 days
69 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
92 days
88 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
186 days
106 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
16 days
376 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
140 days
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
41 days
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
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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 Timesort descending
Jane Watson-Jessome
Dartmouth
153 days
92 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
240 days
181 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
568 days
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
29 days
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
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Alison Archibald
North 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 Timesort descending
Jane Watson-Jessome
Dartmouth
128 days
55 days
Samuel Minor
Halifax
180 days
128 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
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Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
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Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
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Kieron McGibney
Truro
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Jenelle King
Yarmouth
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Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
203 days
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Rodney W McGory
Sydney
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Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
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Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
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Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
16 days
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C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
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John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
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Alison Archibald
North 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: 
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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