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Torn knee cartilage removal waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for torn knee cartilage removal in Victoria public hospitals was 35 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 57 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Meniscectomy".

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

26 public hospitals in Victoria reported torn knee cartilage removal in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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

19 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 57 days marks the national median.

Meniscectomy 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 The Alfred 16 days not published 11 surgeries
2 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 26 days not published 21 surgeries
3 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 30 days 0.9% 106 surgeries
4 St Vincent's On the Park 31 days not published 20 surgeries
4 The Bendigo Hospital 31 days not published 16 surgeries
6 University Hospital Geelong 42 days not published 31 surgeries
7 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 86 days not published 27 surgeries
unranked Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] not published not published not published
unranked Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Box Hill Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Dandenong Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Frankston Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Frankston Public Surgical Centre not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] not published not published not published
unranked Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] not published not published not published
unranked Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] not published not published not published
unranked Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] not published not published not published
unranked Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Northeast Health Wangaratta not published not published not published
unranked Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] not published not published not published
unranked Sandringham Hospital not published not published not published
unranked South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] not published not published not published
unranked Werribee Mercy Hospital not published not published not published
unranked West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] not published not published not published
unranked Western Hospital [Footscray] not published not published not published
unranked Williamstown Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Fitzroy.

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The median wait for torn knee cartilage removal in Victoria public hospitals was 35 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Torn knee cartilage removal waiting times in Victoria", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/meniscectomy/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026.

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