Surgery Waits

Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy waiting time at Women's and Children's Hospital

The median wait for salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy at this public hospital in the North Adelaide area of South Australia 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
43 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 100 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 63 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 49 days in 2016–17 to 80 days in 2024–25 — up 63% — while the national median rose from 41 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Adelaide Hospital, about 2 km away, at 21 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Women's and Children's Hospital80 daysnot published43 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)89 days4.1%246 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)56 days2.4%4989 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 56 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy by financial year at Women's and Children's Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Women's and Children's Hospital 80SA 89Australia 56
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Median wait in days for Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodWomen's and Children's Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17494341
2017–18725543
2018–19886248
2019–20565650
2020–21839164
2021–221118663
2022–23978369
2023–24776357
2024–25808956

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

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