Illness	Number of cases
Fracture of forearm (S52.51)	131
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	125
Fracture of femur (S72.01)	88
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	63
Intracranial injury (S06.0)	59
Fracture of femur (S72.11)	55
Fracture of shoulder and upper arm (S42.21)	49
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.53)	48
Fracture of lower leg including ankle (S82.6)	39
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.04)	31

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
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)	129
Surgical fixation of the bone fragments, e.g. in fractures, using devices such as screws or plates (5-786.k)	118
(9-984.8)	109
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.40)	102
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	88
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g2)	71
(9-984.6)	69
Other operations on the bone, muscles or joints (5-869.2)	67
Reduction of a fracture or a separated growth cartilage (epiphyseal cartilage) and external fixation of the bone fragments using devices such as screws or plates (5-790.5f)	59
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	58

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1600

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

Chronische obstruktive Lungenerkrankung (COPD)

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
96	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	Priv.-Doz. Dr. F. Kutscha-Lissberg, Universität Bochum Priv.-Doz. Dr. J. Stattaus, Universität Essen Priv.-Doz. Dr. C. Brenke, Universität Bochum Prof. Dr. M. Altintas, med. Hochschule Hannover Priv.-Doz. Dr. M. Utech, Uniklinik Münster

Training