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Keyhole sinus surgery waiting times in South Australia

The median wait for keyhole sinus surgery in South Australia public hospitals was 267 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 214 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Functional endoscopic sinus surgery".

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

14 public hospitals in South Australia reported keyhole sinus surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Functional endoscopic sinus surgery" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

6 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 214 days marks the national median.

Functional endoscopic sinus surgery in South Australia 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 Flinders Medical Centre 116 days 15.9% 63 surgeries
2 Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services 203 days not published 10 surgeries
3 Noarlunga Hospital 213 days not published 12 surgeries
3 Royal Adelaide Hospital 213 days not published 31 surgeries
5 Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital 219 days not published 10 surgeries
6 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital 254 days 36.4% 77 surgeries
7 Modbury Hospital 344 days 38.0% 79 surgeries
8 Port Pirie Regional Health Service 510 days not published 18 surgeries
unranked Gawler Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Lyell McEwin Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Port Lincoln Health Service not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Riverland General Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in South Australia: near the Adelaide CBD · near Bedford Park.

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The median wait for keyhole sinus surgery in South Australia public hospitals was 267 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Keyhole sinus surgery waiting times in South Australia", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/functional-endoscopic-sinus-surgery/sa/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/functional-endoscopic-sinus-surgery/sa/), 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 South Australia.