Hydrocele - repair of waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Hydrocele - repair of 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: 174 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 48 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 52 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 Hydrocele - repair of, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Royal Adelaide Hospital	174 days	not published	48 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	84 days	9.4%	456 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	95 days	9.8%	1477 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 95 days marks the national median.

Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 2 km away87 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 6 km away155 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 11 km away76 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 13 km away182 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 21 km away99 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 26 km away105 days
Whyalla Hospital and Health ServicesSA · about 230 km away76 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Hydrocele - repair of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Royal Adelaide Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	76	40	75
2017–18	204	62	70
2018–19	137	63	70
2019–20	102	91	87
2020–21	134	104	113
2021–22	213	111	121
2022–23	177	109	138
2023–24	158	77	90
2024–25	174	84	95

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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