Cervical discectomy and fusion waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Cervical discectomy and fusion at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 41 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 60 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 5.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 23 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Cervical discectomy and fusion, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Royal Adelaide Hospital	41 days	5.0%	60 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	not published	not published	67 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	40 days	3.8%	240 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	94 days	12.9%	1076 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 94 days marks the national median.

Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 648 km away34 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 654 km away27 days
The AlfredVIC · about 658 km away31 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 660 km away60 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 676 km away23 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Cervical discectomy and fusion, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Royal Adelaide Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	30	not published	66
2017–18	144	not published	67
2018–19	22	not published	76
2019–20	30	not published	80
2020–21	25	not published	90
2021–22	38	not published	83
2022–23	32	not published	139
2023–24	41	not published	111
2024–25	41	not published	94

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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