Illness	Number of cases
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	265
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	240
Cervical disc disorders (M50.1)	68
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	44
Other dorsopathies not elsewhere classified (M53.26)	17
Cervical disc disorders (M50.0)	14
Other deforming dorsopathies - Spondylolisthesis lumbar region (M43.16)	6
Other dorsopathies not elsewhere classified (M53.27)	6
Other deforming dorsopathies - Spondylolisthesis lumbosacral region (M43.17)	4
Other spondylopathies - Spinal stenosis cervical region (M48.02)	4

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	642
Other operations on the spine (5-839.60)	355
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.2)	299
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.30)	254
Surgical removal of diseased bone or joint tissue in the spine (5-832.4)	185
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.10)	142
(5-83b.70)	114
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.0x)	99
Other operations on the spine (5-839.61)	82
Surgical access to the area between the head and neck or to the cervical spine (5-030.70)	81

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

Number	Group
10	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*
5	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
5	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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