Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	281
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	227
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.05)	61
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.5)	37
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.04)	35
Osteonecrosis (M87.05)	22
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.3)	19
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.53)	18
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee - Other unilateral secondary osteoarthritis of knee (M17.5)	12
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.3)	10

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Other operations to secure or restore the function of a joint (5-829.jx)	247
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	226
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	226
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	186
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.94)	57
Operation on the synovium by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-811.2h)	52
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	50
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.12)	49
Re-operation, exchange or removal of an artificial knee joint (5-823.2b)	42
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.5)	41

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In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

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Department key: 2300

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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

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
50	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
8	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Doctoral supervision
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)