Dupytren's contracture release waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Dupytren's contracture release 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: 207 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 20 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 63 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 42 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 Dupytren's contracture release, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Royal Adelaide Hospital	207 days	not published	20 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	not published	not published	95 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	88 days	11.6%	492 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	150 days	17.9%	1777 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 150 days marks the national median.

Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 11 km away128 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 26 km away134 days
South Coast District HospitalSA · about 71 km away18 days
South West Healthcare [Camperdown]VIC · about 549 km away57 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 629 km away69 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 641 km away1231 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 651 km away44 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 654 km away157 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 Dupytren's contracture release, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Royal Adelaide Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not published	not published	99
2017–18	not published	50	95
2018–19	not published	not published	105
2019–20	153	not published	128
2020–21	217	not published	190
2021–22	191	not published	198
2022–23	180	not published	202
2023–24	185	96	169
2024–25	207	not published	150

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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