Illness	Number of cases
Other joint disorders not elsewhere classified (M25.64)	233
Cellulitis (L03.01)	140
Cellulitis (L03.10)	139
Open wound of wrist and hand (S61.80)	79
Other joint disorders not elsewhere classified (M25.63)	73
Injury of nerves at wrist and hand level (S64.4)	72
Fibroblastic disorders - Palmar fascial fibromatosis Dupuytren (M72.0)	59
Traumatic amputation of wrist and hand (S68.1)	58
Injury of muscle and tendon at wrist and hand level (S66.3)	55
Open wound of wrist and hand (S61.0)	52

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	1.331
(5-896.19)	517
(5-896.09)	367
Revision operations (5-983)	313
Surgical removal of diseased tissue from the skin or subcutaneous tissues (5-894.19)	300
Specific extensive treatment of the hand (8-988.3)	219
Surgical fixation of the bone fragments, e.g. in fractures, using devices such as screws or plates (5-786.1)	157
(5-86a.00)	137
Surgical removal of the synovium in the hand (5-845.04)	103
Suturing the outer sheath of a nerve or nerve plexus immediately after injury (5-044.4)	102

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1900

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

Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	1
Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0
Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

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
131	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*
98	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
93	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
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)