Lyell McEwin Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Lyell McEwin Hospital is a public hospital in South Australia. It reported 14 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25.
Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed last and is never ranked.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | 23 days | 55 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 80 days | 363 surgeries | 4.1% |
| Total hip replacement | 85 days | 35 surgeries | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 93 days | 38 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 100 days | 91 surgeries | 7.7% |
| Cystoscopy | 108 days | 300 surgeries | 2.0% |
| Myringotomy | 112 days | 75 surgeries | 2.7% |
| Total knee replacement | 114 days | 54 surgeries | 14.8% |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 120 days | 167 surgeries | 10.2% |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 166 days | 101 surgeries | 26.7% |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | 389 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| Septoplasty | 391 days | 57 surgeries | 57.9% |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | not published | not published | not published |
| Varicose veins treatment | not published | not published | not published |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 18 days | 97% | 1287 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 98 days | 41% | 2015 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 365 days | 51% | 595 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.