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Aortic aneurysm repair waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for aortic aneurysm repair in Victoria public hospitals was 15 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 24 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement".

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

The source splits aortic aneurysm repair in two: this page covers "Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement", and repairs using a Y-shaped graft that splits into the two main arteries to the legs are on replacement of aortic aneurysm with bifurcation graft.

14 public hospitals in Victoria reported aortic aneurysm repair in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

9 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 24 days marks the national median.

Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement in Victoria public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Box Hill Hospital 13 days not published 25 surgeries
2 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 15 days not published 19 surgeries
3 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 16 days not published 34 surgeries
3 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 16 days not published 39 surgeries
5 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 17 days not published 45 surgeries
unranked Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Dandenong Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Frankston Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] not published not published not published
unranked Sunshine Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Alfred not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked University Hospital Geelong not published not published not published
unranked Western Hospital [Footscray] not published not published 9 surgeries
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The median wait for aortic aneurysm repair in Victoria public hospitals was 15 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Aortic aneurysm repair waiting times in Victoria", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/abdominal-or-thoracic-aortic-aneurysm-repair-replacement/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/abdominal-or-thoracic-aortic-aneurysm-repair-replacement/vic/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

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

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Victoria.