Illness	Number of cases
Fibroblastic disorders - Palmar fascial fibromatosis Dupuytren (M72.0)	89
Arthrosis of first carpometacarpal joint (M18.1)	44
Cellulitis (L03.01)	35
Cellulitis (L03.10)	19
Traumatic amputation of wrist and hand (S68.1)	19
Mononeuropathies of upper limb (G56.0)	18
Other disorders of synovium and tendon (M67.43)	14
Disorders of continuity of bone (M84.14)	13
Inflammation of the bone and bone marrow osteomyelitis (M86.14)	13
Fracture at wrist and hand level (S62.63)	12

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Other surgical incision into the skin or subcutaneous tissues (5-892.19)	199
(5-896.09)	87
Operation on the connective tissue sheaths around the muscles and tendons in the hand or fingers (5-842.71)	74
Revision operations (5-983)	69
(5-86a.00)	68
Operation to divide adhesions around a nerve or to relieve pressure on the nerve or to abolish the nerve function (5-056.40)	55
Surgical reduction of a comminuted fracture in the joint region of a long bone and fixation of the bone fragments using devices such as screws or plates (5-794.k6)	55
(5-86a.01)	52
Open surgical procedure on a joint (5-800.08)	46
Surgical removal or destruction of diseased tissue in the nerves (5-041.4)	44

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Department key

Department key: 1551

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

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
107	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*
78	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
74	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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Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Herr Prof. Dr. Woitalla ist Dozent an der Ruhruniversität Bochum;
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Zusammenarbeit im Rahmen des PURE Projektes (Klinik für Neurologie)
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Mulitzentrische Studien: Siehe obenStuDoQ (Studien, Dokumentation- und Qualitätszentrum: Erfassung der Behandlungsdaten zur Dokumentation chirurgischer Qualität im externen Dokumentationssystem der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie e.V.
Doctoral supervision	Doktorandenbetreuung erfolgt durch Herrn Prof. Dr. Woitalla

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB13	Medical technical assistant for functional diagnostics (MTAF) (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)