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Pterygium - excision of waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Pterygium - excision of, nationally and by state.

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

Across Australia, the median wait for Pterygium - excision of in public hospitals was 197 days in 2024–25, from 2442 surgeries. 15.7% of people waited more than 365 days. 65 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 197 days marks the national median.

Pterygium - excision of in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank State or territory Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Victoria 90 days 3.4% 348 surgeries
2 South Australia 117 days 14.5% 173 surgeries
3 Western Australia 140 days 11.1% 621 surgeries
4 Queensland 184 days 4.5% 512 surgeries
5 New South Wales 346 days 32.1% 735 surgeries
unranked Northern Territory not published not published 53 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Pterygium - excision of by financial year, Australia and the states with the shortest mediansdays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Australia 197VIC 90SA 117WA 140
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Median wait in days for Pterygium - excision of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAustralia (days)VIC (days)SA (days)WA (days)
2016–1712874not published62
2017–181527011578
2018–191254917783
2019–201555019098
2020–21230147309150
2021–22238140270154
2022–23241197203187
2023–24191132165124
2024–2519790117140

What is not here

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

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.