Dermoid cyst - removal of waiting time at Women's and Children's Hospital
The median wait for dermoid cyst - removal of at this public hospital in the North Adelaide area of South Australia was 82 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
- 82 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 19 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 5 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], about 653 km away, at 59 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's and Children's Hospital | 82 days | not published | 19 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 30 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 71 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 86 days | 8.9% | 236 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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
- Women's and Children's Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Women's and Children's Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not published | 38 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 53 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 55 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not published | not published |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | not published |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not published | not published |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not published | 117 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 90 |
| 2024–25 | 82 | not published | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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