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Children's surgery

Children's surgery

Statewide referral criteria

Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital children's surgical services

Conditions

Abdominal wall, groin and umbilical hernias in children

Criteria for referring children with an abdominal wall, groin or umbilical hernia to a children’s surgery service in a Victorian public hospital

Assessment of congenital hand anomalies in children

Criteria for referring children for assessment of congenital hand anomalies to a children’s surgery service in a Victorian public hospital.

Assessment of ear anomalies in children

Criteria for referring children for assessment of ear anomalies to a children’s surgery service in a Victorian public hospital

Assessment of subcutaneous lesions and lumps in children

Criteria for referring children for assessment of subcutaneous lesions and lumps to a children’s surgery service in a Victorian public hospital.

Assessment of tongue mobility in children

Criteria for referring children for assessment of tongue mobility to a children’s surgery service in a Victorian public hospital.

Birthmarks - children's surgery

Criteria for referring children with birthmarks to a children’s surgery service in a Victorian public hospital.

Foreskin and penis conditions in children

Criteria for referring children with foreskin and penis conditions to a children’s surgery service in a Victorian public hospital.

Testis conditions in children

Criteria for referring children with testis conditions to a children’s surgery service in a Victorian public hospital.

Trigger finger or thumb in children

Criteria for referring children with trigger finger or thumb to a children’s surgery service in a Victorian public hospital.

Reviewed 26 March 2026

Statewide Referral Criteria

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- Atrial fibrillation
- Chest pain
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- Lipid disorders
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- Syncope or pre-syncope
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- Back trauma in children
- Assessment of atraumatic back and spine conditions in children
- Foot and ankle trauma in children
- Assessment of non-traumatic foot and ankle conditions in children
- Knee trauma in children
- Assessment of atraumatic knee conditions in children
- Clavicle and shoulder trauma in children
- Hip trauma in children
- Assessment of atraumatic hip conditions in children
- Assessment of atraumatic shoulder conditions in children
- Upper limb and hand trauma in children
- Suspected or confirmed bone or soft-tissue tumour in children
- Children's surgery
- Abdominal wall, groin and umbilical hernias in children
- Assessment of congenital hand anomalies in children
- Assessment of ear anomalies in children
- Assessment of subcutaneous lesions and lumps in children
- Assessment of tongue mobility in children
- Birthmarks – children's surgery
- Foreskin and penis conditions in children
- Testis conditions in children
- Trigger finger or thumb in children
- Chronic pain (Health Independence Program service)
- New persistent or chronic pain related to COVID-19 infection
- Pain that requires complex medication management
- Persistent or chronic neuropathic pain
- Persistent or chronic pain in cancer survivors
- Persistent or chronic post-surgical or post-traumatic pain
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- Persistent or chronic secondary headache or orofacial pain
- Persistent or chronic secondary musculoskeletal pain
- Persistent or chronic visceral pain
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- Diabetes-related foot complication
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- Hypothyroidism
- Metabolic bone disease - endocrinology
- Thyroid mass - endocrinology
- Type 1 diabetes - endocrinology
- Type 2 diabetes
- ENT
- Gastroenterology
- Chronic refractory constipation
- Chronic refractory diarrhoea
- Cirrhosis
- Coeliac disease
- Constipation with sentinel findings
- Diarrhoea with sentinel findings
- Dysphagia - diagnostic gastroscopy
- Dysphagia - gastroenterology
- Gastroesophageal reflux
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Persistent iron deficiency
- Positive faecal occult blood test (FOBT) - diagnostic colonoscopy
- Rectal bleeding - gastroenterology
- General surgery
- Abdominal wall and groin hernias
- Advice on inherited breast cancer (high- risk patients)
- Assessment for breast reconstruction surgery
- Breast lumps and other conditions
- Breast reduction surgery
- Carpal tunnel and other nerve compression syndromes
- Dupuytren’s contracture
- Gallbladder stones and polyps
- Hand fractures and infections
- Hiatus hernia
- Known or suspected upper gastrointestinal malignancy
- Known or suspected hepatobiliary malignancy
- Melanoma
- Perianal lumps
- Rectal bleeding - general surgery
- Skin lesions and other skin cancers
- Stenosing tenosynovitis including trigger finger
- Suspected or confirmed breast cancer
- Gynaecology
- Contraception
- Dysplasia/abnormal cervical screening test
- Endometriosis
- Ovarian and other adnexal pathology
- Persistent or unexplained intermenstrual bleeding
- Persistent pelvic pain
- Persistent, heavy menstrual bleeding
- Post-coital bleeding
- Post-menopausal bleeding
- Pregnancy choices
- Joint pain
- Osteoarthritis of the hip
- Osteoarthritis of the knee
- Osteoarthritis of the shoulder
- Other hip conditions
- Other knee conditions
- Other non-traumatic shoulder conditions
- Progressive lower back pain
- Shoulder trauma
Long COVID
- Neurology
- Epilepsy and seizures
- Headache
- Motor weakness or paraesthesia
- Movement disorders and dystonia
- Stroke or transient ischaemic attack
- Vertigo - neurology
- Obstetrics
- Congenital anomalies
- Fetal growth restriction
- Maternal isoimmunisation
- Maternal medical conditions
- Multiple gestation
- Obesity
- Placenta accreta
- Pre-eclampsia
- Shortened cervix
- Type 1 diabetes - obstetrics
- Ophthalmology
- Respiratory
- Adult sleep disorders (specialist sleep services)
- Assessment of asthma management
- Lung nodules
- Persistent cough
- Suspected or confirmed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Suspected or confirmed interstitial lung disease
- Unexplained chronic breathlessness
- Rheumatology
- Ankylosing spondylitis (inflammatory back pain)
- Crystal arthritis (gout)
- Inflammatory arthritis
- Lung nodules
- Metabolic bone disease - rheumatology
- Urology
- Haematuria
- Lower urinary tract symptoms
- Prostate cancer (suspected or confirmed)
- Recurrent, uncomplicated urinary tract infection
- Renal mass
- Renal tract stones or renal colic
- Scrotal abnormalities
- Urinary incontinence
- Vascular
- Aortic aneurysm
- Carotid artery disease
- Deep vein thrombosis
- High-risk foot ulcers
- Hyperhidrosis
- Lymphoedema
- Non-healing or chronic lower leg ulcers
- Varicose veins

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