Orchidopexy waiting time at Women's and Children's Hospital

The median wait for orchidopexy at this public hospital in the North Adelaide area of South Australia was 119 days in 2024–25.

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

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

Median wait: 119 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 96 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 8.3%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 35 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 30 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 63 days in 2016–17 to 119 days in 2024–25 — up 89% — while the national median rose from 62 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 13 km away, at 33 days. Here, 8.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 4.1%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Orchidopexy" 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 Orchidopexy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Women's and Children's Hospital	119 days	8.3%	96 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	106 days	7.0%	129 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	82 days	4.3%	679 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	78 days	4.1%	1790 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.

Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 13 km away33 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 552 km away157 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 555 km away80 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 628 km away73 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 638 km away49 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 640 km away38 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 651 km away69 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 653 km away170 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

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Orchidopexy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Women's and Children's Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	63	53	62
2017–18	51	49	61
2018–19	59	56	62
2019–20	84	not published	76
2020–21	85	not published	86
2021–22	93	83	91
2022–23	103	82	114
2023–24	113	108	84
2024–25	119	106	78

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

All surgery at Women's and Children's Hospital · Orchidopexy across Australia · Orchidopexy in South Australia