Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) waiting time at Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) 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: 80 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 538 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.6%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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 22 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 Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital	80 days	0.6%	538 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	34 days	3.6%	1400 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	26 days	2.6%	3742 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median.

Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 4 km away11 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 6 km away47 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 12 km away13 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 22 km away20 days
Westmead HospitalNSW · about 22 km away19 days
Liverpool HospitalNSW · about 27 km away58 days
Kurri Kurri HospitalNSW · about 118 km away15 days

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

How the wait has changed

Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	23	22	19
2017–18	25	27	21
2018–19	30	28	22
2019–20	43	42	21
2020–21	27	25	19
2021–22	33	22	18
2022–23	51	30	24
2023–24	47	26	22
2024–25	80	34	26

What is not here

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

All surgery at Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital · Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) across Australia · Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) in New South Wales