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Mastoid surgery behind the ear waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for mastoid surgery behind the ear in Victoria public hospitals was 128 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 99 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Mastoidectomy".

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

18 public hospitals in Victoria reported mastoid surgery behind the ear in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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

9 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 99 days marks the national median.

Mastoidectomy 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 University Hospital Geelong 52 days not published 19 surgeries
2 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 114 days not published 14 surgeries
3 Casey Hospital 126 days not published 35 surgeries
4 The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital 127 days not published 38 surgeries
5 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 146 days not published 16 surgeries
6 Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] 176 days not published 20 surgeries
7 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 193 days not published 17 surgeries
8 Frankston Hospital 233 days not published 12 surgeries
9 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 368 days not published 12 surgeries
unranked Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Box Hill Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] not published not published not published
unranked Sunshine Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Alfred not published not published not published
unranked The Northern Hospital [Epping] not published not published not published
unranked Western Hospital [Footscray] not published not published 6 surgeries

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Clayton.

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The median wait for mastoid surgery behind the ear in Victoria public hospitals was 128 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Mastoid surgery behind the ear waiting times in VIC", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/mastoidectomy/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/mastoidectomy/vic/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

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