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Removal of Ovaries and/or Fallopian Tubes (Cancer Not Suspected)

Service/Procedure Summary

This includes both types of procedures. Surgery to remove the ovaries is also called Oophorectomy and surgery to remove fallopian tubes is called Salpingectomy. The wait time shown is for patients who were not suspected of having cancer.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
361 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
220 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
151 days
202 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
680 days
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
---
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
---
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
---
---
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
---
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
272 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
---
67 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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
112 days
62 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
194 days
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
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Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
---
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Healthcare Facility
---
---
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
---
---
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
---
---
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
---
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
---
108 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
---
48 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: 
February 1 - April 30 2022
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2022

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Brittany Black
Truro
65 days
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Scott D Mawdsley
Dartmouth
85 days
146 days
Rebekah Zee
Antigonish
92 days
48 days
Erin MacLellan
Sydney
112 days
393 days
Michael Osasere
Glace Bay
124 days
126 days
Farrell Nette
Kentville
210 days
75 days
Navpreet Bal
Kentville
337 days
---
Brett Vair
Dartmouth
361 days
72 days
Robyn M MacQuarrie
Bridgewater
438 days
202 days
Michael W Rudd
Kentville
680 days
450 days
Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
---
---
Leanne McCarthy
Halifax
---
---
Melissa Brooks
Halifax
---
99 days
Gregory Tynski
Kentville
---
---
Marianne Pierce
Halifax
---
---
Elizabeth Randle
Halifax
---
---
Stephanie Scott
Halifax
---
---
Manivasan Moodley
Sydney
---
145 days
Angus Murray
Truro
---
161 days
Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
---
133 days
Katharina E Kieser
Halifax
---
---
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
---
---
Vaughan Marshall
Antigonish
---
---
Heather Sullivan
Amherst
---
125 days
Lana Saciragic
Halifax
---
---
James R Bentley
Halifax
---
---
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
---
---
Gillian MacMullin
Sydney
---
237 days
Nancy Ann Van eyk
Halifax
---
---
Elissa Cohen
Yarmouth
---
256 days
Alison McIntyre
Bridgewater
---
---
Sarah Hudgins
Sydney
---
---
Andrea MacDonald
Bridgewater
---
---
Shannon Joice
Kentville
---
---
Anna Coolen
Kentville
---
182 days
Melissa Brooks
Halifax
---
---
Helen Sandland
Amherst
---
---
Heather Stone
Dartmouth
---
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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 Timesort descending Surgery Wait Time
Scott D Mawdsley
Dartmouth
32 days
60 days
Brittany Black
Truro
33 days
---
Michael Osasere
Glace Bay
34 days
28 days
Rebekah Zee
Antigonish
36 days
47 days
Robyn M MacQuarrie
Bridgewater
59 days
113 days
Erin MacLellan
Sydney
78 days
233 days
Brett Vair
Dartmouth
79 days
52 days
Michael W Rudd
Kentville
97 days
154 days
Farrell Nette
Kentville
146 days
52 days
Navpreet Bal
Kentville
159 days
---
Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
---
---
Leanne McCarthy
Halifax
---
---
Melissa Brooks
Halifax
---
70 days
Gregory Tynski
Kentville
---
---
Marianne Pierce
Halifax
---
---
Elizabeth Randle
Halifax
---
---
Stephanie Scott
Halifax
---
---
Manivasan Moodley
Sydney
---
103 days
Angus Murray
Truro
---
113 days
Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
---
64 days
Katharina E Kieser
Halifax
---
---
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
---
---
Vaughan Marshall
Antigonish
---
---
Heather Sullivan
Amherst
---
113 days
Lana Saciragic
Halifax
---
---
James R Bentley
Halifax
---
---
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
---
---
Gillian MacMullin
Sydney
---
58 days
Nancy Ann Van eyk
Halifax
---
---
Elissa Cohen
Yarmouth
---
119 days
Alison McIntyre
Bridgewater
---
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Sarah Hudgins
Sydney
---
---
Andrea MacDonald
Bridgewater
---
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Shannon Joice
Kentville
---
---
Anna Coolen
Kentville
---
104 days
Melissa Brooks
Halifax
---
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
---
---
Heather Stone
Dartmouth
---
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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: 
May 1 2021 - April 30 2022
Next Update: 
June 2022
Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, 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.

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