Knee Replacement

Knee replacements are performed in the Central, Brandon and Winnipeg regional health authorities. Ask your surgeon where you are having your knee replacement surgery.

What is Knee Replacement Surgery?

Knee replacement surgery removes a damaged joint and replaces it with an artificial/prosthetic joint.

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Knee Replacement Wait Times

Regional Health Authority	Facility	Median Wait Time (in weeks)
Winnipeg	Concordia Hospital Grace General Hospital	24 (all facilities)
Brandon	Brandon Regional Health Centre	45
Central	Boundary Trails Health Centre	19
Data for March 2012

Median wait time: The point at which half the patients have had their treatment, and the other half are still waiting. For example, if a median wait time is 4 weeks, this means that half of the patients waited less than 4 weeks, and half waited more than 4 weeks. The median is another way of reflecting what a "typical" patient might have experienced in that time period. Unlike the average, the median is not generally influenced by one or two very unusual cases (long or short), and is therefore more stable over time.

Knee Replacement Surgeries Performed

Regional Health Authority	Facility	Total  (per month)	2010/2011 Fiscal Year1	2011/2012 Fiscal Year to Date1
Winnipeg	Concordia Hospital Grace General Hospital	123 (all facilities)	1,612 (all facilities)	1,623 (all facilities)
Brandon	Brandon Regional Health Centre	22	142	180
Central	Boundary Trails Health Centre	13	162	162
Manitoba Total		158	1,916	1,965
Data for March 2012

Note: As of January 2012, services provided at Seven Oaks General Hospital were consolidated at the Grace General Hospital.

¹ Fiscal year is April to March.