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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 ?
373 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
347 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
96 days
76 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
146 days
161 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
112 days
355 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
440 days
62 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
448 days
534 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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176 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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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
83 days
44 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
55 days
85 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
150 days
153 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
264 days
40 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
69 days
326 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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92 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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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: 
June 1 - August 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
October 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Hisham Ali Wasl
Sydney
40 days
73 days
Emad A Massoud
Halifax
93 days
104 days
Rashmikant G Chokshi
Sydney
73 days
155 days
Neil Clifton
Antigonish
111 days
159 days
Elaine Fung
Halifax
251 days
99 days
Ivan Brodarec
Yarmouth
237 days
139 days
Robin B LeBlanc
Dartmouth
255 days
128 days
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
219 days
185 days
Andrew Neil Smith
Dartmouth
152 days
280 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
170 days
351 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
419 days
120 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
268 days
344 days
Ian M Dempsey
Dartmouth
379 days
255 days
Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
161 days
541 days
Philip L Curry
Sydney
531 days
286 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
394 days
1270 days
David A Kirkpatrick
Halifax
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Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
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John D Stein
Halifax
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Joseph Gerard MacDonald
Amherst
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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
Hisham Ali Wasl
Sydney
15 days
44 days
Rashmikant G Chokshi
Sydney
20 days
66 days
Neil Clifton
Antigonish
49 days
77 days
Ivan Brodarec
Yarmouth
68 days
59 days
Emad A Massoud
Halifax
77 days
65 days
Elaine Fung
Halifax
82 days
64 days
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
99 days
56 days
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
88 days
109 days
Robin B LeBlanc
Dartmouth
132 days
72 days
Andrew Neil Smith
Dartmouth
118 days
111 days
Philip L Curry
Sydney
197 days
90 days
Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
60 days
255 days
Blair Williams
Sydney
146 days
187 days
Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
65 days
270 days
Ian M Dempsey
Dartmouth
243 days
127 days
S. Mark Taylor
Halifax
325 days
361 days
David A Kirkpatrick
Halifax
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Jean-Charles Doucet
Halifax
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John D Stein
Halifax
---
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Joseph Gerard MacDonald
Amherst
---
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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.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
September 1 2018 - August 31 2019
Next Update: 
October 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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