Illness	Number of cases
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	479
Shoulder lesions (M75.4)	222
Other arthrosis (M19.01)	121
Injury of muscle and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level (S46.0)	11
Fracture of shoulder and upper arm (S42.21)	7
Synovitis and tenosynovitis (M65.81)	4
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of shoulder girdle (S43.00)	4
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of shoulder girdle (S43.01)	4
Pyogenic arthritis (M00.01)	not specified
Pyogenic arthritis (M00.81)	not specified

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation on the synovium by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-811.20)	725
Surgical procedure on a joint by endoscopy (5-810.20)	723
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.3)	710
Surgical removal of diseased bone tissue (5-782.b0)	478
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.k1)	463
Suturing or other operations on a tendon or a synovial sheath (5-855.51)	422
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.4)	293
Surgical implantation of an artificial joint in the arm or shoulder (5-824.21)	126
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.7)	103
Surgical procedure on a joint by endoscopy (5-810.40)	90

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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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
48	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*
37	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
32	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

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals	Die Ausbildung zur Pflegefachfrau bzw. zum Pflegefachmann findet in Kooperation mit der Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe (AGP) Viersen statt. Insgesamt werden 14 Plätze vergeben, Ausbildungsbeginn ist zum 01.03. und 01.09. jeden Jahres.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Die Ausbildung zum Krankenpflegehelfer bzw. zur Krankenpflegehelferin findet in Kooperation mit der Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe (AGP) Viersen statt. Insgesamt werden 4 Plätze vergeben, Ausbildungsbeginn ist zum 01.03. jeden Jahres.