Pterygium - excision of waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for pterygium - excision of in Australian public hospitals was 197 days in 2024–25 — from 4 days at Thursday Island Hospital to 443 days at Liverpool Hospital.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Across Australia, the median wait for pterygium - excision of in public hospitals was 197 days in 2024–25, from 2442 surgeries. 15.7% of people waited more than 365 days. 65 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
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State by state
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria | 90 days | 3.4% | 348 surgeries |
| 2 | South Australia | 117 days | 14.5% | 173 surgeries |
| 3 | Western Australia | 140 days | 11.1% | 621 surgeries |
| 4 | Queensland | 184 days | 4.5% | 512 surgeries |
| 5 | New South Wales | 346 days | 32.1% | 735 surgeries |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | 53 surgeries |
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- VIC
- SA
- WA
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | SA (days) | WA (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 128 | 74 | not published | 62 |
| 2017–18 | 152 | 70 | 115 | 78 |
| 2018–19 | 125 | 49 | 177 | 83 |
| 2019–20 | 155 | 50 | 190 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 230 | 147 | 309 | 150 |
| 2021–22 | 238 | 140 | 270 | 154 |
| 2022–23 | 241 | 197 | 203 | 187 |
| 2023–24 | 191 | 132 | 165 | 124 |
| 2024–25 | 197 | 90 | 117 | 140 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for pterygium - excision of in a public hospital?
The national median was 197 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 90 days in Victoria to 346 days in New South Wales.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for pterygium - excision of?
Of the 65 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Thursday Island Hospital reported the shortest (4 days) and Liverpool Hospital the longest (443 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
15.7% of people who had pterygium - excision of in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.
Cite this page
The national median wait for pterygium - excision of in Australian public hospitals was 197 days in 2024–25, from 4 days at Thursday Island Hospital to 443 days at Liverpool Hospital.
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Surgery Waits, "Pterygium - excision of waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pterygium-excision-of/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pterygium-excision-of/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/pterygium-excision-of.svg" width="720" height="318" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Pterygium - excision of by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.