System Trends
Ninety five percent of all surgeries are performed in the Cypress,
Five Hills, Prairie North, Prince Albert Parkland, Regina Qu'Appelle,
Saskatoon and Sunrise Health Regions.
Click on the links below to see surgical system trends for all Regions
combined or individually.
Median and 90th Percentile Wait Times
Click on the link below to see the median and 90th percentile wait times for surgeries performed.
Day Surgery Trends
About half of all surgery is now performed as day
surgery. Day surgery procedures (such as cataract surgery) are
generally less complicated, and allow patients to return home rather
than staying in the hospital following the surgery.
It is likely that we will continue to see the rate of day surgery
procedures increase. This change is largely due to improved medical
technology that allows physicians to perform less complicated surgical
procedures (such as carpal tunnel release or breast biopsies) outside
of operating rooms. This change will help to free up additional
time and space in the operating rooms so that there are more resources
for complicated and/or urgent surgical procedures.
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