Illness	Number of cases
Synovitis and tenosynovitis (M65.84)	68
Fibroblastic disorders - Palmar fascial fibromatosis Dupuytren (M72.0)	62
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI of 40 to below 50. (E66.06)	36
Arthrosis of first carpometacarpal joint (M18.1)	31
Mononeuropathies of upper limb (G56.2)	26
Cellulitis (L03.10)	24
Other malignant neoplasms of skin (C44.3)	16
Other disorders of muscle - Separation of muscle nontraumatic other site (M62.08)	15
Neoplasm of uncertain or unknown behaviour of other and unspecified sites - Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of connective and other soft tissue (D48.1)	8
Fracture at wrist and hand level (S62.61)	8

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Dressings for large areas of skin or serious skin diseases (8-191.00)	498
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	208
Time-consuming plaster casts (8-310.x)	187
Other surgical incision into the skin or subcutaneous tissues (5-892.19)	157
Operation to divide adhesions around a nerve or to relieve pressure on the nerve or to abolish the nerve function (5-056.40)	91
Operation on the ligaments of the hand (5-841.11)	86
Operation on the tendons of the hand (5-840.30)	85
Surgical removal of the synovium in the hand (5-845.10)	85
Skin grafting from the area around the wound (5-903.29)	69
Operation on the connective tissue sheaths around the muscles and tendons in the hand or fingers (5-842.71)	60

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

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Department key: 1519

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)
No participation

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
33	Medical specialists (m/f) , psychological psychotherapists (m/f) and child and adolescent psychotherapists (m/f) who are subject to the obligation to undergo further training*
33	Number of medical specialists (m/f) from no. 1 who have completed a five-year period of further training and are therefore subject to the obligation to provide evidence
33	Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations

* according to the “Provisions of the Joint Federal Committee for the Further Training of Medical Specialists (m/f), Psychological Psychotherapists (m/f) and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (m/f) in Hospitals”

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