Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	143
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	132
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	123
Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.20)	111
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia - Ileus unspecified (K56.7)	98
Haemorrhoids and perianal venous thrombosis - Fourth degree hemorrhoids (K64.3)	63
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	59
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia (K56.4)	55
Haemorrhoids and perianal venous thrombosis - Third degree hemorrhoids (K64.2)	53
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	44

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the abdominal cavity or its organs by endoscopy (1-694)	784
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	463
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.31)	250
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	185
(9-984.7)	161
Examination of the rectum by endoscopy (1-654.1)	157
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	152
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.21)	148
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	142
(9-984.8)	133

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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
49	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*
3	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
2	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals	75 Ausbildungsplätze zur Pflegefachfrau / zum Pflegefachmann. (Die Ausbildung zur Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger*in wurde durch die generalistische Ausbildung zur Pflegefachfrau / zum Pflegefachmann abgelöst (letztes Jahr der Ausbildung nach altem Recht endet 2022).)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	75 Ausbildungsplätze zum Physiotherapeuten*in
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)