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Lumbar disc surgery (lower back, orthopaedic)

Ontario Health category: Lumbar Disc Surgery - Lower Back (Orthopaedic)

Ontario average, April to June 2026

154 days

85 days to see the surgeon, then 69 days to surgery

Time for tests between the two is not tracked. How these numbers work

Ontario Health reports this one over a longer period, not month by month. Every hospital below covers the same period.

Near M1P 2V5, Scarborough

Shortest wait within 25 km

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Toronto · 9 km

98 days

56 days shorter than the Ontario average.
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What you can do: ask your family doctor or surgeon about a referral to a hospital with a shorter wait.

3 hospitals within 25 km

Total days at each hospital. Green: the three shortest in this list. Pick a pin for details.

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  1. Sunnybrook Health Sciences CentreToronto · 9 kmSee surgeon 37 · Surgery 6198 days
  2. Scarborough Health Network - Scarborough GeneralToronto · 2 kmSee surgeon 49 · Surgery 64113 days
  3. Markham Stouffville HospitalOak Valley Health · Markham · 14 kmSee surgeon 163 · Surgery 89252 days