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Septoplasty

Service/Procedure Summary

This surgical procedure corrects problems in the nasal septum, which is the wall inside the nose that separates the nostrils.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
401 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
339 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
80 days
75 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
239 days
55 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
257 days
98 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
405 days
378 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
---
358 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
565 days
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth 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
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
38 days
40 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
97 days
49 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
115 days
35 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
353 days
132 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
---
288 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
252 days
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Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth 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: 
August 1 - October 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
December 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Hisham Ali Wasl
Sydney
41 days
76 days
Rashmikant G Chokshi
Sydney
20 days
136 days
Emad A Massoud
Halifax
93 days
104 days
Neil Clifton
Antigonish
91 days
158 days
Ivan Brodarec
Yarmouth
203 days
139 days
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
140 days
225 days
Elaine Fung
Halifax
251 days
175 days
Andrew Neil Smith
Dartmouth
148 days
280 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
112 days
358 days
Robin B LeBlanc
Dartmouth
336 days
162 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
428 days
118 days
Ian M Dempsey
Dartmouth
439 days
252 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
349 days
344 days
Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
202 days
541 days
Philip L Curry
Sydney
602 days
286 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
401 days
639 days
David A Kirkpatrick
Halifax
---
155 days
Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
---
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John D Stein
Halifax
---
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Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
---
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P Gerard Corsten
Halifax
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Steven F Morris
Halifax
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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
Rashmikant G Chokshi
Sydney
18 days
48 days
Hisham Ali Wasl
Sydney
15 days
53 days
Neil Clifton
Antigonish
48 days
59 days
Ivan Brodarec
Yarmouth
63 days
65 days
Emad A Massoud
Halifax
76 days
67 days
Elaine Fung
Halifax
78 days
67 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
117 days
46 days
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
58 days
112 days
Andrew Neil Smith
Dartmouth
110 days
111 days
Philip L Curry
Sydney
197 days
71 days
Robin B LeBlanc
Dartmouth
199 days
94 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
146 days
187 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
53 days
291 days
Ian M Dempsey
Dartmouth
342 days
133 days
Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
59 days
416 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
323 days
288 days
David A Kirkpatrick
Halifax
---
131 days
Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
---
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John D Stein
Halifax
---
---
Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
---
---
P Gerard Corsten
Halifax
---
---
Steven F Morris
Halifax
---
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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: 
November 1 2018 - October 31 2019
Next Update: 
December 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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