Dandenong Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Dandenong Hospital is a public hospital in Victoria. It reported 66 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 33 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | 2 days | 67 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Tendon release | 4 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Amputation of limb | 8 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| Radical neck dissection | 17 days | 31 surgeries | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 18 days | 880 surgeries | 2.0% |
| Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction | 19 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection | 21 days | 155 surgeries | 1.9% |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 23 days | 220 surgeries | 0.5% |
| Anal fissure - repair of | 26 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of | 45 days | 50 surgeries | 6.0% |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 47 days | 91 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Arthroscopy | 50 days | 32 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 58 days | 89 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Carpal tunnel release | 65 days | 145 surgeries | 4.1% |
| Cystoscopy | 65 days | 24 surgeries | not published |
| Breast reconstruction | 69 days | 131 surgeries | 35.9% |
| Trigger finger/thumb release | 70 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | 80 days | 96 surgeries | 3.1% |
| Ganglion - excision of | 82 days | 19 surgeries | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 89 days | 36 surgeries | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | 94 days | 26 surgeries | not published |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | 100 days | 41 surgeries | not published |
| Total hip replacement | 122 days | 31 surgeries | not published |
| Varicose veins treatment | 124 days | 70 surgeries | 10.0% |
| Arthrodesis | 138 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 141 days | 51 surgeries | 5.9% |
| Stress incontinence surgery | 164 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Scar revision | 173 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior | 185 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | 191 days | 65 surgeries | 9.2% |
| Dupytren's contracture release | 201 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| Total knee replacement | 213 days | 47 surgeries | not published |
| Osteotomy | 356 days | 56 surgeries | 48.2% |
| Breast reduction | 849 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression | not published | not published | not published |
| Arthroplasty - revision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Axillary node dissection | not published | not published | not published |
| Blepharoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast prosthesis - removal of | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Circumcision | not published | not published | not published |
| Cleft lip and palate - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Craniotomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Dermoid cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Ectropion - correction of | not published | not published | not published |
| Endometrial ablation | not published | not published | not published |
| Female sterilisation | not published | not published | not published |
| Fracture non-union - treatment of | not published | not published | not published |
| Hydrocele - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Laryngectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Mastectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Meniscectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Muscle or tendon length - change of | not published | not published | not published |
| Myomectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Nerve decompression | not published | not published | not published |
| Pyogenic granuloma - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Replacement of aortic aneurysm with bifurcation graft | not published | not published | not published |
| Rhinoplasty | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Rotator cuff - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Shoulder joint replacement | not published | not published | not published |
| Thyroglossal remnant - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Branchial apparatus remnant - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cone biopsy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Coronary artery bypass grafting last reported 2013–14 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cranioplasty last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cystectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dacryocystorhinostomy last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dialysis access surgery last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Discectomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Exostosis - excision of last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Femoro-popliteal bypass graft last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Functional endoscopic sinus surgery last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Mastoidectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myringotomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nephrectomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Orchidopexy last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Parathyroidectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) last reported 2014–15 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pterygium - excision of last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ptosis - repair of last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Septoplasty last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Shoulder reconstruction last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Sub-mucosal resection last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tenotomy of hip last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 5 days | 100% | 3343 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 76 days | 57% | 1723 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 315 days | 61% | 340 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.