Illness	Number of cases
Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue not elsewhere classified - Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue (L98.7)	150
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI from 50 to below 60. (E66.07)	105
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI of 40 to below 50. (E66.06)	73
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	67
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	52
Cutaneous abscess furuncle and carbuncle (L02.4)	52
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	49
Pilonidal cyst (L05.0)	44
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	42
Postprocedural disorders of digestive system not elsewhere classified - Postgastric surgery syndromes (K91.1)	32

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
(5-98c.1)	238
Rarely used surgical technique for partial removal of the stomach (5-434.51)	153
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a3)	130
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	128
(9-984.7)	113
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a0)	108
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	103
Surgical opening of the abdominal cavity or tissue lying behind (retroperitoneum) (5-541.3)	79
(9-984.8)	77
Surgical connection between the stomach and small intestine bypassing the duodenum, without removing the stomach (5-445.41)	71

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500

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

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
97	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*
63	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
63	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	Hals- , Nasen- , Ohrenheilkunde Allgemein-, Viszeral- Gefäß-, Adipositaschirurgie Unfall- und Handchirurgie Neurochirurgie Neurologie Gastroenterologie Kardiologie Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin und Schmerztherapie
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	Hals- , Nasen- , Ohrenheilkunde Neurochirurgie Anästhesiologie Gastroeneterologie Neurologie
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde Allgemein-, Viszeral- Gefäß- und Adipositaschirurgie Unfall- und Handchirurgie Neurochirurgie Neurologie Augenheilkunde Kardiologie Gastroenterologie Geriatrie Anästhesiologie Institut für Radiologie/Neuroradiologie
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Anästhesiologie Neurologie Neurochirurgie Augenheilkunde Institut für Radiologie und Neuroradiologie Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde Gastroenterologie Geriatrie
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Hals- , Nasen- , Ohrenheilkunde Neurologie Kardiologie Gastroenterologie Geriatrie Neurochirurgie Anästhesiologie Allgemein-, Viszeral- Gefäß- und Adipositaschirurgie
Doctoral supervision	Neurochirurgie Hals- , Nasen- , Ohrenheilkunde Anästhesiologie Kardiologie Gastroenterologie Geriatrie Neurologie

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Im Klinikum Region Hannover stehen zentral in der unternehmenseigenen Akademie Ausbildungsplätze zur Verfügung - und als Studium Physiotherapie B.Sc in Kooperation mit der HAWK Hildesheim. https://akademie.krh.de/ausbildung/physiotherapie
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Im Klinikum Region Hannover stehen zentral in der unternehmenseigenen Akademie Ausbildungsplätze zur Verfügung. https://akademie.krh.de/ausbildung/operationstechnische-assistenz
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Die Ausbildung läuft bis August 2023 aus und wird dann in Kooperation mit der MHH angeboten: https://akademie.krh.de/praktisches-jahr/hebammenwissenschaft
HB13	Medical technical assistant for functional diagnostics (MTAF) (m/f)	Ausbildung zur Medizinischen Fachangestellten. Die Ausbildung von Medizinischen Fachangestellten erfolgt u.a. in der Klinik für Hals-, Nase-, Ohrenheilkunde.
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Im Klinikum Region Hannover stehen zentral in der unternehmenseigenen Akademie Ausbilungsplätze zur Verfügung. https://akademie.krh.de/ausbildung/anaesthesietechnische-assistenz
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	Die Ausbildung wird nicht angeboten - jedoch stehen im Klinikum Region Hannover Plätze für den praktischen Einsatz zur Verfügung.
HB19	Nursing professionals	Im Klinikum Region Hannover stehen zentral in der unternehmenseigenen Akademie Ausbildungsplätze zur Verfügung. https://akademie.krh.de/ausbildung/pflegefachkraft
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Im Klinikum Region Hannover stehen zentral in der unternehmenseigenen Akademie Ausbildungsplätze zur Verfügung - in Kooperation mit der Hochschule Hannover. https://akademie.krh.de/ausbildung/pflegefachkraft