Surgery Waits

Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting times in South Australia

The median wait for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in South Australia public hospitals was 104 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 69 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Laparoscopy".

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

19 public hospitals in South Australia reported keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Laparoscopy" 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 69 days marks the national median.

Laparoscopy 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 South Coast District Hospital 41 days not published 18 surgeries
2 Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service 60 days 0.0% 57 surgeries
3 Whyalla Hospital and Health Services 64 days not published 10 surgeries
4 Angaston District Hospital 70 days not published 17 surgeries
5 Women's and Children's Hospital 85 days 2.2% 139 surgeries
6 Riverland General Hospital 104 days not published 15 surgeries
7 Lyell McEwin Hospital 112 days 21.6% 88 surgeries
8 Flinders Medical Centre 130 days 19.1% 136 surgeries
9 Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital 147 days not published 16 surgeries
10 Noarlunga Hospital 149 days 32.5% 83 surgeries
11 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital 155 days 34.0% 50 surgeries
12 Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital 196 days 0.0% 55 surgeries
13 Modbury Hospital 328 days not published 34 surgeries
unranked Ceduna District Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Gawler Health Service not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Port Lincoln Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Royal Adelaide Hospital not published not published not published

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

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The median wait for keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) in South Australia public hospitals was 104 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) waiting times in SA", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laparoscopy/sa/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laparoscopy/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.