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Varicose Veins

Service/Procedure Summary

Vein stripping is surgery to remove varicose veins in the legs.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
357 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
1225 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
30 days
384 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
363 days
1233 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton 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
8 days
157 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
348 days
498 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton 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: 
May 1 - July 31 2017
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2017

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
127 days
370 days
Gerald L MacKean
Halifax
348 days
1225 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Christine Herman
Halifax
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93 days
Dion Davidson
Kentville
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Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
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80 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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
19 days
209 days
Gerald L MacKean
Halifax
299 days
424 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
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Christine Herman
Halifax
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81 days
Dion Davidson
Kentville
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Rex S Dunn
North Sydney
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32 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: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Next Update: 
September 2017
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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