Illness	Number of cases
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	125
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic multinodular goiter (E04.2)	120
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	119
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	76
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic single thyroid nodule (E04.1)	66
Benign neoplasm of colon rectum anus and anal canal - Benign neoplasm of colon unspecified (D12.6)	52
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	49
Hyperparathyroidism and other disorders of parathyroid gland - Primary hyperparathyroidism (E21.0)	44
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	43
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland (C73)	42

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Other operations on the thyroid gland or parathyroid glands (5-069.41)	327
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	197
Surgical removal of half of the thyroid gland (5-061.0)	129
Operation using a surgical robot (5-987.0)	118
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.20)	102
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.31)	102
Surgical removal of the thyroid gland (5-063.0)	86
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	79
Other operations on the thyroid gland or parathyroid glands (5-069.30)	77
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.13)	76

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Department key: 1500

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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Services

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
76	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*
70	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
67	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
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Dr. T. Sellmann, Herausgeber des Special issue „Kardiopulmonale Reanimation“ des Journal of Clinical Medicine, MDPI Verlag, Schweiz. Dr. H. Krentel, Guest Editor bei Journal of Clinical Medicine
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	PJ-Beauftragter: Prof. Dr. A. Sagir, 10 - 15 Studenten pro Jahr
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Prof. Dr. A. Sagir, Univ. Düsseldorf / Prof. Dr. D. Simon, Univ. Düsseldorf / Prof. Dr. S. Schimmack, Univ. Heidelberg / Dr. T. Sellmann, Univ. Witten Herdecke / Dr. H. Krentel, Univ. Oldenburg
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	siehe zertifizierte Zentren
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Prof. Dr. med. S. Schimmack

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)