Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) waiting time at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
The median wait for vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) at this public hospital in the East Melbourne area of Victoria was 14 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 14 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 666 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.5%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 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 11 days in 2016–17 to 14 days in 2024–25 — up 27% — while the national median rose from 19 days to 26 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.5% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.6%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital | 14 days | 0.5% | 666 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 1.5% | 1241 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 2.6% | 3742 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 11 | 13 | 19 |
| 2017–18 | 13 | 16 | 21 |
| 2018–19 | 14 | 16 | 22 |
| 2019–20 | 10 | 13 | 21 |
| 2020–21 | 10 | 12 | 19 |
| 2021–22 | 11 | 14 | 18 |
| 2022–23 | 14 | 18 | 24 |
| 2023–24 | 14 | 18 | 22 |
| 2024–25 | 14 | 20 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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