Surgery Waits

Pedicle screw fusion waiting time at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]

The median wait for pedicle screw fusion at this public hospital in the Eaglemont area of Victoria was 80 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
80 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
11 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 2 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 1 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

Compare this near you → 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.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Pedicle screw fusion, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]80 daysnot published11 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)not publishednot published14 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)not publishednot published19 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)not publishednot published34 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for pedicle screw fusion by financial year at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], compared with Victoria and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 80Australia 322
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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 periodAustin Hospital [Heidelberg] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not publishednot published89
2017–18not publishednot published91
2018–19not reported for this periodnot published121
2019–20not publishednot published111
2020–21not publishednot published196
2021–22not publishednot published174
2022–23not publishednot published322
2023–24not publishednot publishednot published
2024–2580not publishednot published

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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