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Kidney drainage stent insertion waiting times in South Australia

The median wait for kidney drainage stent insertion in South Australia public hospitals was 42 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 24 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Ureteric stent - insertion of".

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

7 public hospitals in South Australia reported kidney drainage stent insertion in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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4 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 24 days marks the national median.

Ureteric stent - insertion of 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 Lyell McEwin Hospital 29 days not published 16 surgeries
2 Modbury Hospital 30 days not published 30 surgeries
3 Royal Adelaide Hospital 45 days 0.6% 159 surgeries
unranked Flinders Medical Centre not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Noarlunga Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked South Coast District Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Queen Elizabeth Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries

Ranked by area in South Australia: near Elizabeth Vale.

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The median wait for kidney drainage stent insertion in South Australia public hospitals was 42 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Kidney drainage stent insertion waiting times in SA", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/sa/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/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.