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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 ?
391 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
300 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
122 days
151 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
151 days
160 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
463 days
54 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
296 days
236 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
315 days
461 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
377 days
407 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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225 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
102 days
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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
67 days
86 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
87 days
98 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
103 days
98 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
215 days
80 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
279 days
48 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
93 days
263 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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40 days
Windsor
Hants Community Hospital
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
68 days
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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 - July 31 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2018

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Rashmikant G Chokshi
Sydney
99 days
134 days
Ivan Brodarec
Yarmouth
102 days
140 days
Neil Clifton
Antigonish
121 days
148 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
167 days
151 days
Andrew Neil Smith
Dartmouth
167 days
170 days
Joseph Gerard MacDonald
Amherst
79 days
272 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
311 days
187 days
Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
120 days
386 days
Philip L Curry
Sydney
329 days
189 days
Ian M Dempsey
Dartmouth
379 days
164 days
Robin B LeBlanc
Dartmouth
332 days
371 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
546 days
189 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
460 days
1615 days
David A Kirkpatrick
Halifax
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Emad A Massoud
Halifax
86 days
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Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
---
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John D Stein
Halifax
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Justin L Paletz
Halifax
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Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
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P Gerard Corsten
Halifax
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Paul Hong
Halifax
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Richard Bendor-Samuel
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
34 days
36 days
Joseph Gerard MacDonald
Amherst
16 days
62 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
69 days
39 days
Ivan Brodarec
Yarmouth
48 days
98 days
Andrew Neil Smith
Dartmouth
60 days
89 days
Ian M Dempsey
Dartmouth
76 days
79 days
Neil Clifton
Antigonish
69 days
89 days
Philip L Curry
Sydney
170 days
71 days
Robin B LeBlanc
Dartmouth
111 days
150 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
209 days
64 days
Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
32 days
270 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
269 days
65 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
307 days
167 days
David A Kirkpatrick
Halifax
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Emad A Massoud
Halifax
70 days
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Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
---
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John D Stein
Halifax
---
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Justin L Paletz
Halifax
---
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Louis Boileau
Bridgewater
---
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P Gerard Corsten
Halifax
---
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Paul Hong
Halifax
---
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Richard Bendor-Samuel
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: 
August 1 2017 - July 31 2018
Next Update: 
September 2018
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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