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Westerstede

Neurochirurgie

Lange Strasse 38
26655 Westerstede

Phone: 04488-50-8451
Fax: 04488-50-7179
Mail: gro.rhewsednub@eigrurihcorueNIIXkinilKedetsretseWshrKwB

With emergency ambulance
Approach

Medical administration

Oberstarzt Dr. med. Anzinger Gregor (Klinischer Direktor Neurochirurgie)

Information and services of the department

Number of cases

Number of inpatient cases: 619

Staffing

Doctors m/f (including affiliated doctors): 13,90

Nursing staff: 9,30

Specialist expertise and further training

Medical expertiseSpecialist training and additional training
Nursing expertiseFurther education / academic degrees and additional qualifications

Medical service offering with case numbers

Top 10 illnesses

Illness	Number of cases
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	108
Spondylosis - Other spondylosis with radiculopathy lumbar region (M47.26)	64
Intracranial injury (S06.5)	48
Spread metastasis of cancer in otherwise unspecified areas of the body (C79.3)	19
Spondylosis - Other spondylosis with radiculopathy cervical region (M47.22)	19
Cervical disc disorders (M50.1)	19
Other dorsopathies not elsewhere classified (M53.26)	16
Intracerebral haemorrhage - Nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere subcortical (I61.0)	13
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	13
Postprocedural musculoskeletal disorders not elsewhere classified (M96.88)	13

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	640
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	376
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	373
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	339
Surgical removal of diseased bone or joint tissue in the spine (5-832.9)	228
Computer-assisted analysis of the images with 3D-analysis (3-990)	227
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	201
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.30)	162
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.2)	135
Insertion or exchange of a tube (catheter) in a large vein (8-831.x)	132

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1700

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
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
60	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*
30	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
30	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
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Doctoral supervision
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities