ACL reconstruction near the Adelaide CBD
Near the Adelaide CBD, Modbury Hospital, just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for ACL reconstruction in 2024–25: 91 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
3 public hospitals are ranked here by the median wait the source published for ACL reconstruction, shortest first, and by nothing else. Every hospital listed is within 120 km of every other. 1 hospital sits just outside this area, within about 25 km of one of its hospitals, and is included because a referral can cross the line. The source publishes this surgery as "Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction".
Hospitals in or near the Adelaide CBD
| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Modbury Hospital | 91 days | not published | Modbury, SA. Outside this area, about 13 km from Royal Adelaide Hospital. |
| 2 | Royal Adelaide Hospital | 162 days | not published | Adelaide CBD, SA. In this area. |
| 3 | The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 166 days | not published | Woodville South, SA. In this area. |
This area covers Royal Adelaide Hospital and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Central Adelaide". Distances are straight lines between hospital locations, rounded to the nearest kilometre; they are not travel distances. A shorter median does not mean a hospital will see you sooner: your urgency category and your specialist decide that.
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Near the Adelaide CBD, Modbury Hospital, just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for ACL reconstruction in 2024–25: 91 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "ACL reconstruction near the Adelaide CBD", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/acl-reconstruction/near/adelaide-cbd/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/acl-reconstruction/near/adelaide-cbd/), 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.
See every South Australia hospital for ACL reconstruction, or every hospital in Central Adelaide.