Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	105
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	105
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	48
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	44
Other functional intestinal disorders - Other constipation (K59.09)	42
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin (A09.9)	41
Pilonidal cyst (L05.0)	41
Abscess of anal and rectal regions - Anal abscess (K61.0)	39
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)	35
Erysipelas (A46)	32

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation on the foreskin of the penis (5-640.2)	30
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.00)	18
Surgical fixation of the testicle in the scrotum (5-624.4)	14
Other operations on blood vessels (5-399.5)	9
Surgical fixation of the testicle in the scrotum (5-624.5)	7
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.01)	6
Surgical occlusion of a hydrocele on the testicle (5-611)	6
Other operations on blood vessels (5-399.7)	5
Surgical removal of the tissue around the epididymis (5-631.2)	5
Surgical removal or destruction of diseased tissue in the anal region (5-492.00)	4

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

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
115	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*
96	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
96	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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Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Doctoral supervision
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB10	Midwife (m/f)
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.