Knee Replacement Revision

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

Knee revision surgery, which is also known as revision total knee arthroplasty, is a procedure in which the surgeon removes a previously implanted artificial knee joint, or prosthesis, and replaces it with a new prosthesis. Knee revision surgery may also involve the use of bone grafts.

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Knee Replacement Revision Wait Times

Regional Health Authority	Facility	Median Wait Time (in weeks)
Winnipeg	Concordia Hospital Grace  General Hospital	12 (all facilities)
Brandon	Brandon Regional Health Centre	C/V1
Central	Boundary Trails Health Centre	C/V1
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.

¹C/V = Confidential Value - This means that the RHA reported less than 5 cases. To protect patient privacy, wait times associated with small volumes are not reported.

Knee Replacement Revision 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	17 (all facilities)	153 (all facilities)	167 (all facilities)
Brandon	Brandon Regional Health Centre	1	25	12
Central	Boundary Trails Health Centre	2	0	2
Manitoba Total		20	178	181
Data for March 2012

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

¹Fiscal year is April to March.