Illness	Number of cases
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	439
Shoulder lesions (M75.4)	138
Other arthrosis (M19.01)	98
Shoulder lesions (M75.2)	45
Shoulder lesions (M75.3)	32
Shoulder lesions (M75.5)	13
Fracture of shoulder and upper arm (S42.21)	9
Injury of muscle and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level (S46.0)	9
Pyogenic arthritis (M00.81)	5
Other specific joint derangements (M24.51)	5

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical procedure on a joint by endoscopy (5-810.20)	688
Operation on the synovium by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-811.20)	688
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.3)	659
Suturing or other operations on a tendon or a synovial sheath (5-855.51)	441
Surgical removal of diseased bone tissue (5-782.b0)	439
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.k1)	423
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.4)	237
Surgical implantation of an artificial joint in the arm or shoulder (5-824.21)	95
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.7)	91
Surgical procedure on a joint by endoscopy (5-810.40)	55

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500

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
47	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*
36	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
30	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
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.
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.