Surgical Wait Times Welcome to the new Surgical Wait Times Website! This new website is designed to offer you more information about wait times for elective surgical procedures in British Columbia for adults aged 19 and older. For information on how to use this site please click on the "How Do I Search?" link below. B.C. Children's Hospital and Pattison Outpatient Centre have been added to the list of facilities for which surgical wait time information for elective surgeries is being posted. Note that since this website only reports on adults, the data reported for Children's Hospital also only includes cases aged 19 and over. Wait times are calculated on the basis of the previous three months of completed cases. A small number of procedures performed in addition to a number of urgent cases performed can result in a calculated wait time that is not reflective of the current patients' wait time. How do I Search? Gastrointestinal/Digestive System Bariatric Surgery Bowel Resection Colostomy/Ileostomy Hernia Hernia Repair - Abdominal Hernia Repair - Hiatal Liver/Pancreas/Gall Bladder/Spleen Cholecystectomy Other Abdominal Surgery Laparoscopy Laparotomy Spine/Nerves Spinal/Back Surgery Skin Abdominoplasty Free Flap Graft Lipectomy Joint/Muscle/Bone Hand/Wrist Surgery Shoulder Surgery Breast Breast Biopsy Breast Reconstruction Breast Reduction Excision Gynecomastia Mastectomy Gastrointestinal/Digestive System Esophagectomy Lungs/Chest Lung Surgery Rib Resection Scope of Chest Thoracotomy Cardiac Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Open Heart Surgery Vascular System Aortic Aneurysm Repair Ears Mastoidectomy Tympanoplasty Eyes Cataract Surgery Corneal Transplants Lens & Vitreous (non-cataract) Surgery Other Eye Surgery Head Cranial Surgery Facial Bone Reconstruction Parotidectomy Sinus Surgery Neck/Throat Laryngoscopy Thyroidectomy Tonsillectomy Nose/Mouth Dental Surgery Nasal Surgery Gastrointestinal/Digestive System Rectal Surgery Gynaecology Cone Biopsy D&C and Related Surgery Fallopian Tube/Ovarian Surgery Uterine Surgery Vaginal Repair Joint/Muscle/Bone Foot/Ankle Surgery Hip Replacement Knee - ACL Repair Knee - Meniscectomy Knee Arthroscopy Knee Replacement Male Genitalia Male Reproductive Surgery Prostate Surgery Urinary Tract Bladder Surgery Kidney/Bladder Stone Removal Other Urology Surgery Vascular System Varicose Veins Ligation/Stripping Joint/Muscle/Bone Fracture Repair Ligament Surgery Other Joint Reconstruction Other Orthopaedic Surgery Tendon Surgery Nervous System Nerve Surgery Other Common Surgeries Biopsy in OR Cyst/Ganglion Removal Examination Under Anaesthetic Fistula Repair - Non Vascular Shunt Insertion/Removal Sphincterotomy Wound/Laceration Care Radiotherapy Radiotherapy Skin Skin Surgery Skin Tumour Removal Vascular System Endarterectomy Vascular Bypass Graft - Non Cardiac Vascular Surgery - Other

Surgical Wait Times

In British Columbia, more than 400,000 hospital-based surgeries and treatments are performed each year.

Please note that this site reports on wait times for adult elective surgery done in publicly-funded facilities. It does not include emergency surgeries as emergency patients are not wait listed nor does it show paediatric wait times at this time. The wait times are calculated from the Operating Room Booking Form received date to the date of the completion of surgery and are collected through the Surgical Patient Registry.

To protect patient privacy all numbers less than five are not shown.

Information in the Surgical Patient Registry comes directly from facilities throughout BC. The accuracy of the registry is entirely dependent on the data submitted by the facilities. The Ministry of Health Services assumes no liability for the hospital information.

More information can be found on the How is this Data Collected? page.