Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] is a public hospital in Victoria. It reported 94 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toenail surgery | 6 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| Amputation of limb | 7 days | 20 surgeries | not published |
| Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy | 8 days | 24 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | 9 days | 49 surgeries | not published |
| Nephrectomy | 15 days | 30 surgeries | not published |
| Craniotomy | 17 days | 138 surgeries | 0.7% |
| Femoro-popliteal bypass graft | 19 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| Cranioplasty | 20 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Dialysis access surgery | 21 days | 220 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Discectomy | 21 days | 59 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 21 days | 179 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Cervical discectomy and fusion | 23 days | 48 surgeries | not published |
| Examination of eye under anaesthesia | 23 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Cystoscopy | 26 days | 142 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt | 26 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction | 27 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| Nerve decompression of spinal cord | 33 days | 16 surgeries | not published |
| Removal of intracranial lesion | 34 days | 32 surgeries | not published |
| Varicose veins treatment | 34 days | 122 surgeries | 5.7% |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 35 days | 181 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Circumcision | 35 days | 37 surgeries | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | 44 days | 40 surgeries | not published |
| Orchidopexy | 46 days | 88 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Hypospadias - repair of | 48 days | 46 surgeries | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | 53 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Laminectomy | 55 days | 61 surgeries | 4.9% |
| Myringotomy | 56 days | 229 surgeries | 0.4% |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of | 56 days | 220 surgeries | 0.5% |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery | 61 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 64 days | 452 surgeries | 3.3% |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 67 days | 175 surgeries | 1.7% |
| Turbinectomy | 70 days | 38 surgeries | not published |
| Adenoidectomy | 77 days | 43 surgeries | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | 78 days | 85 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Hydrocele - repair of | 80 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Cleft lip and palate - repair of | 83 days | 41 surgeries | not published |
| Functional endoscopic sinus surgery | 96 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| Nasendoscopy | 96 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| Trigger finger/thumb release | 101 days | 23 surgeries | not published |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy | 103 days | 88 surgeries | 3.4% |
| Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia | 109 days | 53 surgeries | 1.9% |
| Thyroglossal remnant - removal of | 114 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of | 122 days | 31 surgeries | not published |
| Parathyroidectomy | 148 days | 26 surgeries | not published |
| Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) | 153 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction | 169 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Osteotomy | 191 days | 16 surgeries | not published |
| Septoplasty | 208 days | 36 surgeries | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 338 days | 42 surgeries | not published |
| Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement | not published | not published | not published |
| Anal fissure - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Arthroscopy | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Axillary node dissection | not published | not published | not published |
| Blepharoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Branchial apparatus remnant - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast reconstruction | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast reduction | not published | not published | not published |
| Cerebral haematoma - evacuation of | not published | not published | not published |
| Chiari malformation decompression | not published | not published | not published |
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection | not published | not published | not published |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | not published | not published | not published |
| Dacryocystorhinostomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Dupytren's contracture release | not published | not published | not published |
| Ectropion - correction of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Fundoplication | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Ganglion - excision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of | not published | not published | not published |
| Heart valve replacement | not published | not published | not published |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Mastoidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Meatoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Meniscectomy | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Muscle or tendon length - change of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Nasal cautery | not published | not published | not published |
| Nasal polypectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Nerve decompression | not published | not published | not published |
| Orchidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Pedicle screw fusion | not published | not published | not published |
| Pyogenic granuloma - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Rhinoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Scar revision | not published | not published | not published |
| Tendon release | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Total hip replacement | not published | not published | not published |
| Untethering of spinal cord | not published | not published | not published |
| Ureteric - reimplantation | not published | not published | not published |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of | not published | not published | not published |
| Urethra - dilatation of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior | not published | not published | not published |
| Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) | not published | not published | not published |
| Arthrodesis last reported 2022–23 | 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 |
| Common peroneal nerve release last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cone biopsy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Corneal graft last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Coronary artery bypass grafting last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cystectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dermoid cyst - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Endometrial ablation last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ethmoidectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Exostosis - excision of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Female sterilisation last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Haemorrhoidectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) 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 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Lithotripsy last reported 2020–21 | 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 |
| Mastectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Microlaryngoscopy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myomectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pharyngoplasty last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Posterior fossa decompression last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Prostate biopsy 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 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pterygium - excision of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ptosis - repair of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Radical neck dissection last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Replacement of aortic aneurysm with bifurcation graft last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Stone/s urinary tract - removal of last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Stress incontinence surgery last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Sub-mucosal resection last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tenotomy of hip last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Total knee replacement last reported 2012–13 | 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 | 8 days | 100% | 1975 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 64 days | 68% | 2689 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 141 days | 83% | 508 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.