Illness	Number of cases
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	301
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	232
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	150
Osteoporosis with pathological fracture (M80.08)	67
Cervical disc disorders (M50.1)	59
Other spondylopathies - Spinal stenosis cervical region (M48.02)	37
Fracture of lumbar spine and pelvis (S32.01)	28
Spondylosis - Other spondylosis with radiculopathy lumbar region (M47.26)	27
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	27
Other spondylopathies - Spinal stenosis lumbosacral region (M48.07)	26

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	1.010
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	764
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.12)	641
Revision operations (5-983)	350
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.00)	300
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.10)	285
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	278
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.2)	270
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.13)	266
Measurement of the mineral content of the bone - bone density measurement (3-900)	251

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 3755

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	0

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

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
40	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*
38	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
38	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Studentenausbildung (Famulanten) an der Orthopädischen Klinik Hessisch Lichtenau
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	EMSCI- Multicenterstudie Universität Zürich
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	NISCI-Studie, EMSCI-Studie
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	DYNORFUSE-Studie

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Physiotherapie-Schule, Ausbildungsbeginn jährlich
HB19	Nursing professionals	In Kooperation
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Krankenpflegehilfeschule, Ausbildungsbeginn jährlich