Surgery Waits

Hydrocele surgery waiting times in South Australia

The median wait for hydrocele surgery in South Australia public hospitals was 84 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 95 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Hydrocele - repair of".

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

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

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

12 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 95 days marks the national median.

Hydrocele - repair of 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 Naracoorte Health Service 18 days not published 11 surgeries
2 Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service 29 days not published 19 surgeries
3 Flinders Medical Centre 76 days 3.6% 83 surgeries
3 Whyalla Hospital and Health Services 76 days 0.0% 50 surgeries
5 Women's and Children's Hospital 87 days not published 34 surgeries
6 Lyell McEwin Hospital 99 days 6.7% 90 surgeries
7 Noarlunga Hospital 105 days not published 12 surgeries
8 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital 155 days not published 22 surgeries
9 Royal Adelaide Hospital 174 days not published 48 surgeries
10 Modbury Hospital 182 days not published 45 surgeries
unranked Angaston District Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Ceduna District Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Clare Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Gawler Health Service not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Kapunda Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services not published not published not published
unranked Port Lincoln Health Service not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Port Pirie Regional Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Riverland General Hospital not published not published not published

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

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The median wait for hydrocele surgery in South Australia public hospitals was 84 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Hydrocele surgery waiting times in South Australia", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hydrocele-repair-of/sa/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hydrocele-repair-of/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.