Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	116
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia (K56.4)	77
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	74
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	40
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic single thyroid nodule (E04.1)	37
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	37
Malignant neoplasm of rectum (C20)	36
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	35
Haemorrhoids and perianal venous thrombosis - Third degree hemorrhoids (K64.2)	35
Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.20)	32

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	250
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	150
Insertion or exchange of a tube (catheter) in a large vein (8-831.0)	129
Examination of the S-shaped part of the large intestine (sigmoid colon) by endoscopy (1-651)	97
Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen without contrast medium (3-207)	97
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation with measurement of the pressure in the superior vena cava (central venous pressure) (8-931.0)	96
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	91
(9-984.7)	83
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.31)	79
Other operations on the thyroid gland or parathyroid glands (5-069.40)	72

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Main Department

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Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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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
56	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*
40	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
29	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Doctoral supervision
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities