Illness	Number of cases
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	112
Peritonsillar abscess (J36)	105
Haemorrhage from respiratory passages - Epistaxis (R04.0)	92
Other hearing loss (H91.2)	89
Follow-up examination after treatment for malignant neoplasms (Z08.7)	70
Benign neoplasm of major salivary glands - Benign neoplasm of parotid gland (D11.0)	59
Chronic sinusitis - Other chronic sinusitis (J32.8)	52
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	50
Diseases of tongue - Other diseases of tongue (K14.8)	48
Diseases of vocal cords and larynx not elsewhere classified - Other diseases of vocal cords (J38.3)	46

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	597
Examination of the oesophagus and the stomach by endoscopy (1-631.0)	461
Measurement of hearing - audiometry (1-242)	404
Revision operations (5-983)	285
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	234
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the mouth or oral cavity without surgical incision (1-420.1)	210
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.00)	198
Surgical removal or reconstruction of the nasal septum (5-214.70)	180
Exchange or removal of the absorbent pack used to stop bleeding (tamponade) (8-506)	167
(9-984.7)	131

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2600

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
35	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*
3	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
3	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Peter L. Reichertz Institut für Medizinische Informatik (PLRI) Institut für Industriebau und konstruktives Entwerfen (IIKE)
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover und dem Friederikenstift Hannover.
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	seit Oktober 2022 keine Ausbildung mehr sondern Studium (im SKBS)
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Der duale Studiengang "Angewandte Pflegewissenschaft im Praxisverbund" wird angeboten