Illness	Number of cases
Obesity - Other obesity - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years and older body mass index BMI from 40 to below 50 (E66.86)	203
Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue not elsewhere classified - Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue (L98.7)	111
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease - Gastro-esophageal reflux disease without esophagitis (K21.9)	108
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	79
Obesity - Other obesity - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years and older body mass index BMI from 50 to below 60 (E66.87)	58
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease - Gastro-esophageal reflux disease with esophagitis (K21.0)	57
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	57
Other obesity (E66.81)	39
Haemorrhoids and perianal venous thrombosis - Third degree hemorrhoids (K64.2)	35
Diaphragmatic hernia - Diaphragmatic hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K44.9)	23

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
(5-98c.1)	445
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	314
Revision operations (5-983)	180
Rarely used surgical technique for partial removal of the stomach (5-434.51)	169
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	137
Treatment procedures requiring dyes (5-989)	136
Surgical connection between the stomach and small intestine bypassing the duodenum, without removing the stomach (5-445.51)	115
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.21)	107
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	106
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	103

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

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
29	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*
5	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
4	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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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	PJ-Ausbildung (Innere Medizin, Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie), Famulatur (Psychiatrie)
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Lehre und Prüfertätigkeit in der Universität Göttingen (Dr. med. Rübsam, Innere Medizin)

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB19	Nursing professionals	im Bildungszentrum der KHWE
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Pflegefachassistenz, im Bildungszentrum der KHWE