Illness	Number of cases
Intracranial injury (S06.0)	393
Fracture of forearm (S52.4)	54
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	52
Haemangioma and lymphangioma any site - Hemangioma of skin and subcutaneous tissue (D18.01)	34
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	32
Other and unspecified injuries of abdomen lower back and pelvis (S39.9)	30
Fracture of shoulder and upper arm (S42.41)	28
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis and gangrene without perforation (K35.31)	24
Other functional intestinal disorders - Other constipation (K59.09)	24
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	21

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	106
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.10)	92
Other operations on blood vessels (5-399.5)	61
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 (5-790.25)	52
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 (5-790.28)	52
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.00)	49
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 (5-790.16)	44
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.20)	28
Administration of medicines to sedate and eliminate pain (8-903)	26
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 (5-790.13)	24

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1300

Type of specialist department

Main Department

Hospital information and services for all specialist departments

Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

External quality assurance according to state law

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Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0
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Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0
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Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

Beitritt am 02.12.2005, Abteilung Innere Medizin III (Kardiologie, Angiologie, Pneumologie)

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ03	Enge Kooperation mit Thoraxklinik Heidelberg
CQ02
CQ04
CQ05
CQ08
CQ24
CQ25

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

Number	Group
801	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*
514	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
450	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”

Accessibility

Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

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

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	26 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiter: Andreas Motzkus
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Hebamme B. Sc.: Das UKHD hat 45 Studienplätze in Kooperation mit der Hochschule Ludwigshafen: Duales Studium Hebammenwissenschaft \| Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ludwigshafen (hwg-lu.de)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	65 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Barbara Suppé
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelfer und Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelferin: 15 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiter: Burkhard Götsch
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)	30 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Susanne Janknecht
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)	60 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Hildegard Hack
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	75 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Stephanie Biedenstein
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	75 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiter: Andreas Motzkus
HB14	Orthoptist (m/f)	12 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Birgit Wahl
HB19	Nursing professionals	415 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiter: Burkhard Götsch
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Das UKHD hat 10 Studienplätze in Kooperation mit der Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ludwigshafen: https://www.hwg-lu.de/studium/bachelor/pflege-studieren