Elective surgery levels stable in NSW

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SYDNEY, Dec 6 AAP - The number of elective surgery procedures performed in NSW public hospitals from July to September 2012 was 54,216 and that is comparable to the same period last year.

According to the Bureau of Health Information's Hospital Quarterly report for July to September, ninety-three per cent received their surgery within the recommended time frame for their urgency category, up three per cent from the 2011 period.

The most common elective surgery procedure performed in NSW public hospitals in the July to September quarter of 2012 was cataract extraction.

At the end of the quarter, there were more than 67,500 patients on the elective surgery waiting list in NSW.

Of these, 80 per cent were classified in the non-urgent category, 17 per cent in the semi-urgent category, and three per cent were urgent.

During the quarter, the median waiting time for coronary artery bypass surgery was 28 days, 157 days for a hip replacement and 286 days for a knee replacement.

The most common procedure performed was cataract extraction, with 5732 patients undergoing the operation during the quarter.

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