Australia waiting times

Official AIHW median waiting times for elective surgery at every reporting public hospital in Australia, by operation and specialty.

Specialties

• Cardio-thoracic surgery
• Ear, nose and throat surgery
• General surgery
• Gynaecology
• Neurosurgery
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopaedic surgery
• Other surgery
• Paediatric surgery
• Plastic surgery
• Urology
• Vascular surgery

Operations

• Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement
• Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression
• Adenoidectomy
• Amputation of limb
• Anal fissure - repair of
• Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
• Arthrodesis
• Arthroplasty - revision of
• Arthroscopy
• Axillary node dissection
• Bartholin's abscess drainage
• Bartholin's cyst - removal of
• Blepharoplasty
• Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy
• Breast prosthesis - removal of
• Breast reconstruction
• Breast reduction
• Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of
• Carotid endarterectomy
• Carpal tunnel release
• Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)
• Cervical discectomy and fusion
• Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)
• Circumcision
• Cleft lip and palate - repair of
• Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection
• Common peroneal nerve release
• Cone biopsy
• Congenital cardiac defect/s - procedure for
• Corneal graft
• Coronary artery bypass grafting
• Cranioplasty
• Craniotomy
• Curettage and evacuation of uterus
• Cystectomy
• Cystoscopy
• Dacryocystorhinostomy
• Dermoid cyst - removal of
• Dialysis access surgery
• Diathermy of wart/s
• Discectomy
• Dupytren's contracture release
• Ectropion - correction of
• Endometrial ablation
• Epididymal cyst - removal of
• Examination of eye under anaesthesia
• Exostosis - excision of
• Female sterilisation
• Femoro-popliteal bypass graft
• Fracture non-union - treatment of
• Functional endoscopic sinus surgery
• Fundoplication
• Ganglion - excision of
• Haemorrhoidectomy
• Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of
• Heart valve replacement
• Herniorrhaphy
• Hydrocele - repair of
• Hypospadias - repair of
• Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)
• Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage
• Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy
• Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt
• Laminectomy
• Laparoscopy
• Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ)
• Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery
• Lithotripsy
• Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy
• Mastectomy
• Mastoidectomy
• Meatoplasty
• Meniscectomy
• Microlaryngoscopy
• Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy
• Muscle or tendon length - change of
• Myomectomy
• Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty
• Myringotomy
• Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets)
• Nasal cautery
• Nasendoscopy
• Nephrectomy
• Nerve decompression
• Nerve decompression of spinal cord
• Orchidectomy
• Orchidopexy
• Osteotomy
• Parathyroidectomy
• Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of
• Pectus surgery
• Pilonidal sinus surgery
• Pleurodesis
• Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of
• Probing of naso-lacrimal duct
• Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)
• Prostate biopsy
• Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)
• Pterygium - excision of
• Ptosis - repair of
• Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction
• Radical neck dissection
• Removal of intracranial lesion
• Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia
• Rhinoplasty
• Rotator cuff - repair of
• Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy
• Scar revision
• Septoplasty
• Shoulder joint replacement
• Shoulder reconstruction
• Skin lesion - excision of
• Stapedectomy
• Stone/s urinary tract - removal of
• Stress incontinence surgery
• Tendon release
• Thyroglossal remnant - removal of
• Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy
• Toenail surgery
• Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)
• Total hip replacement
• Total knee replacement
• Trabeculectomy
• Trigger finger/thumb release
• Turbinectomy
• Ureteric - reimplantation
• Ureteric stent - insertion of
• Urethra - dilatation of
• Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior
• Varicose veins treatment
• Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy)