--- title: "Pedicle screw fusion waiting times in Australian public hospitals" description: "Median public-hospital waiting time for Pedicle screw fusion in 2024–25: not published nationally, compared state by state and hospital by hospital." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pedicle-screw-fusion/" --- # Pedicle screw fusion waiting times in Australian public hospitals The median wait for pedicle screw fusion in Australian public hospitals in 2024–25 is not published by the source (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 80 days at [Austin Hospital \[Heidelberg\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/austin-hospital-heidelberg/pedicle-screw-fusion/) to 125 days at [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/pedicle-screw-fusion/). Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. Across Australia, the median wait for pedicle screw fusion in public hospitals was **not published** in 2024–25, from 34 surgeries. not published of people waited more than 365 days. 2 public hospitals published a median wait for it. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick "Pedicle screw fusion" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept. ## State by state Bars show the median wait in days. - [Northern Territory](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pedicle-screw-fusion/nt/): not published - [South Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pedicle-screw-fusion/sa/): not published - [Victoria](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pedicle-screw-fusion/vic/): not published Pedicle screw fusion in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | unranked | [Northern Territory](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pedicle-screw-fusion/nt/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [South Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pedicle-screw-fusion/sa/) | not published | not published | 14 surgeries | | unranked | [Victoria](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pedicle-screw-fusion/vic/) | not published | not published | 19 surgeries | ## How the wait has changed **View these numbers as a table** Median wait in days for Pedicle screw fusion, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Reference period | Australia (days) | | --- | --- | | 2016–17 | 89 | | 2017–18 | 91 | | 2018–19 | 121 | | 2019–20 | 111 | | 2020–21 | 196 | | 2021–22 | 174 | | 2022–23 | 322 | | 2023–24 | not published | | 2024–25 | not published | ## Common questions ### Which public hospital has the shortest wait for pedicle screw fusion? Of the 2 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, [Austin Hospital \[Heidelberg\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/austin-hospital-heidelberg/pedicle-screw-fusion/) reported the shortest median, 80 days, and [Royal Adelaide Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-adelaide-hospital/pedicle-screw-fusion/) the longest, 125 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). A shorter median is not a recommendation. [How to read these figures](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/). **Cite this page** > The median wait for pedicle screw fusion in Australian public hospitals in 2024–25 is not published by the source (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Pedicle screw fusion waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pedicle-screw-fusion/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pedicle-screw-fusion/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pedicle-screw-fusion/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026. ### Embed the chart The state comparison is also published as a standalone image at a stable address — [the SVG chart](https://surgerywaits.au/charts/pedicle-screw-fusion.svg) — free to embed or link with the attribution below: ``` Median public hospital waiting time for Pedicle screw fusion by state and territory, 2024–25 ``` ## What is not here Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here. The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — [the methodology explains the wording](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/). ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you. **In an emergency call 000.** Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations. Surgery Waits is published by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). * * * This is the Markdown copy of https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pedicle-screw-fusion/.