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Tailbone cyst surgery waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for tailbone cyst surgery in Victoria public hospitals was 43 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 65 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Pilonidal sinus surgery".

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

35 public hospitals in Victoria reported tailbone cyst surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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

20 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 65 days marks the national median.

Pilonidal sinus surgery 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 Sandringham Hospital 13 days not published 15 surgeries
2 University Hospital Geelong 17 days not published 14 surgeries
3 West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] 22 days not published 20 surgeries
4 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 38 days not published 25 surgeries
5 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 44 days 0.0% 62 surgeries
6 Blackburn Public Surgical Centre 48 days not published 27 surgeries
7 Angliss Hospital 49 days not published 20 surgeries
7 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 49 days not published 20 surgeries
9 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 53 days not published 11 surgeries
10 Sunshine Hospital 55 days not published 14 surgeries
11 Frankston Public Surgical Centre 61 days not published 28 surgeries
12 Williamstown Hospital 70 days not published 15 surgeries
13 Dandenong Hospital 94 days not published 26 surgeries
14 Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] 99 days not published 17 surgeries
15 Werribee Mercy Hospital 161 days not published 21 surgeries
unranked Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] not published not published not published
unranked Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] not published not published not published
unranked Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Bass Coast Health not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Box Hill Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Casey Hospital not published not published 28 surgeries
unranked Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre not published not published not published
unranked Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh] not published not published not published
unranked Frankston Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health not published not published not published
unranked Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] not published not published not published
unranked Northeast Health Wangaratta not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] not published not published not published
unranked St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Sunbury Day Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Alfred not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked The Bendigo Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Western Hospital [Footscray] not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Box Hill · near Clayton · near St Albans.

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The median wait for tailbone cyst surgery in Victoria public hospitals was 43 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Tailbone cyst surgery waiting times in Victoria", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pilonidal-sinus-surgery/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pilonidal-sinus-surgery/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.

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