Tailbone cyst surgery waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital
Half of patients at Royal Adelaide Hospital waited 231 days or less for tailbone cyst surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pilonidal sinus surgery". This public hospital is in the Adelaide area of South Australia.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 231 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 46 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 41 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Lyell McEwin Hospital, about 21 km away, at 99 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Pilonidal sinus surgery" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | 231 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 72 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 43 days | 2.5% | 445 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 65 days | 3.4% | 1265 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 65 days marks the national median.
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 21 km away: 99 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 629 km away: 17 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 638 km away: 161 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 641 km away: 55 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 651 km away: 44 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 652 km away: 70 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 654 km away: 49 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 659 km away: 38 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 — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Adelaide Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 55 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 61 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 63 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 67 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 73 | 83 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 93 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 94 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 231 | not published | 65 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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