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Ganglion cyst removal waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for ganglion cyst removal in Victoria public hospitals was 56 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 105 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Ganglion - excision of".

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

36 public hospitals in Victoria reported ganglion cyst removal in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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

23 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 105 days marks the national median.

Ganglion - excision of 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 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 7 days not published 14 surgeries
2 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 19 days not published 17 surgeries
3 St Vincent's On the Park 29 days not published 19 surgeries
4 Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] 40 days not published 14 surgeries
5 Frankston Public Surgical Centre 49 days not published 23 surgeries
6 South West Healthcare [Camperdown] 58 days not published 15 surgeries
7 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 77 days not published 16 surgeries
8 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 81 days not published 14 surgeries
9 Dandenong Hospital 82 days not published 19 surgeries
10 Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] 85 days not published 29 surgeries
11 University Hospital Geelong 92 days not published 15 surgeries
12 Box Hill Hospital 94 days not published 17 surgeries
13 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 166 days not published 10 surgeries
unranked Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] not published not published not published
unranked Angliss Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Bass Coast Health not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Blackburn Public Surgical Centre not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Casey Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre not published not published not published
unranked Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh] not published not published not published
unranked Frankston Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] not published not published not published
unranked Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health not published not published not published
unranked Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] not published not published not published
unranked Northeast Health Wangaratta not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] not published not published not published
unranked Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Sandringham Hospital not published not published not published
unranked South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] not published not published not published
unranked Sunshine Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked The Alfred not published not published not published
unranked The Bendigo Hospital not published not published not published
unranked West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Western Hospital [Footscray] not published not published not published
unranked Williamstown Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Yarra Ranges Health not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Box Hill · near Clayton · near Fitzroy.

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The median wait for ganglion cyst removal in Victoria public hospitals was 56 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Ganglion cyst removal waiting times in Victoria", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ganglion-excision-of/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ganglion-excision-of/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.