Illness	Number of cases
Intracranial injury (S06.0)	134
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	58
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	49
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	44
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	35
Fracture of shoulder and upper arm (S42.21)	35
Acquired deformities of fingers and toes (M20.1)	32
Fracture of femur (S72.04)	30
Fracture of femur (S72.11)	30
Atherosclerosis - Atherosclerosis of native arteries of other extremities with ulceration (I70.25)	25

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	113
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	86
Surgical implantation of an artificial joint in the arm or shoulder (5-824.21)	43
Reduction of a fracture or a separated growth cartilage (epiphyseal cartilage) and external fixation of the bone fragments using devices such as screws or plates (5-790.5f)	37
Surgical reduction of a comminuted fracture in the joint region of a long bone and fixation of the bone fragments using devices such as screws or plates (5-794.k6)	37
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	33
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	25
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.31)	23
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.41)	22
Surgical reduction of a comminuted fracture in the joint region of a long bone and fixation of the bone fragments using devices such as screws or plates (5-794.kr)	18

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500

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

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
19	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*
11	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
11	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)	Im Rahmen der Studierendenausbildung bieten die Fachabteilungen die Möglichkeit der Famulatur an.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Möglichkeit zur Absolvierung der praktischen Einsätze im Rahmen der schulischen Ausbildung
HB19	Nursing professionals	Der theoretische Unterricht wird in Kooperation mit der Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegeschule St. Bernward in Hildesheim durchgeführt. Die praktische Ausbildung erfolgt vor Ort im St. Elisabeth-Krankenhaus und wird von qualifizierten Praxisanleitenden begleitet.
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	Möglichkeit zur Absolvierung der praktischen Einsätze in Zusammenarbeit mit der Feuerwehr Salzgitter sowie im Rahmen der schulischen Ausbildungsträger.
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Möglichkeit zur Absolvierung eines Bachelorstudienganges im Rahmen der Pflegefachausbildung in Zusammenarbeit mit der Ostfalia Hochschule Wolfsburg.