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Sinus Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Sinus surgery includes a wide range of procedures to treat sinus conditions, including nasal polypectomy, nose fracture repair, septorhinoplasty, sinus endoscopy and turbinectomy.

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

90%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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126 days
Kentville
Valley 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%

Communitysort descending Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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83 days
Kentville
Valley 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: 
November 1 - January 31 2023
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
March 2023

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Communitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
34 days
90 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
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Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
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Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
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Liane Johnson
Halifax
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P Gerard Corsten
Halifax
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Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
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Emad A Massoud
Halifax
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Paul Hong
Halifax
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Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
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218 days
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
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181 days
Ivan Brodarec
Yarmouth
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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 Communitysort descending Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Timothy D Wallace
Amherst
9 days
48 days
Michael Brennan
Antigonish
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Lisa Marie Dickson
Bridgewater
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Richard L Balys
Dartmouth
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Liane Johnson
Halifax
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P Gerard Corsten
Halifax
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Michael Bezuhly
Halifax
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Emad A Massoud
Halifax
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Paul Hong
Halifax
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Magdalena Kujath
Kentville
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206 days
Benjamin A Taylor
Kentville
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141 days
Ivan Brodarec
Yarmouth
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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: 
February 1 2022 - January 31 2023
Next Update: 
March 2023
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