Illness	Number of cases
Varicose veins of lower extremities (I83.9)	79
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	73
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	73
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K43.2)	40
Diverticular disease of intestine (K57.22)	34
Umbilical hernia - Umbilical hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K42.9)	29
Haemorrhoids and perianal venous thrombosis - Third degree hemorrhoids (K64.2)	26
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	24
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia (K56.5)	23
Fissure and fistula of anal and rectal regions - Anal fistula (K60.3)	22

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Insertion or exchange of a tube (catheter) in a large vein (8-831.0)	192
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	182
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	153
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)	129
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.63)	124
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	114
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	68
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a1)	57
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	54
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a0)	51

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Department key: 3757

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Quality

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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)
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Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
20	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*
20	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
20	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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Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	In Kooperation mit Gesundheitsschule Osterholz-Scharmbeck und IBS Bremen
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Bildungsakademie der Gesundheit Nord