Illness	Number of cases
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic multinodular goiter (E04.2)	107
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic single thyroid nodule (E04.1)	83
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	79
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	63
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	40
Thyrotoxicosis hyperthyroidism (E05.0)	37
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	36
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	34
Hyperparathyroidism and other disorders of parathyroid gland - Primary hyperparathyroidism (E21.0)	33
Abdominal and pelvic pain (R10.3)	25

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
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)	372
Other operations on the thyroid gland or parathyroid glands (5-069.40)	290
Examination of the larynx by endoscopy (1-610.1)	232
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	144
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.44)	101
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	100
Surgical removal of half of the thyroid gland (5-061.0)	89
Surgical removal of the thyroid gland (5-063.0)	78
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	64
Examination of the rectum by endoscopy (1-654.1)	38

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

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Brustkrebs

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
39	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*
35	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
35	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
Doctoral supervision	In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Kooperationskrankenhaus Bonifatius Hospital Lingen.
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulaturen für die Assistenzarztausbildung sind möglich.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Das Hümmling Hospital kooperiert mit der European Medical School Oldenburg-Groningen (EMS). Dies ist ein deutsch-niederländisches Kooperationsprojekt der Universitäten Oldenburg und Groningen. Ziel ist es, hochqualifizierte Ärzte für die Nordwestregion auszubilden.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Praktischer Bereich - Anleitung und Schulungen
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Kooperation mit der Akademie St. Franziskus in Lingen, Praktischer Bereich - Anleitung und Schulungen. Ab 2023 wird der Studiengang Hebammenwissenschaft in Kooperation mit der Jade Hochschule Oldenburg angeboten.
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Praktischer Bereich - Anleitung und Schulungen. Es besteht eine Kooperation mit der Hochschule Hanzeschool in Groningen.
HB19	Nursing professionals	An der Akademie St. Anna in Papenburg sind 18 Ausbildungsplätze je Ausbildungsjahr für die generalistische Ausbildung Pflegefachfrau/Pflegefachmann vorhanden. Einschulungstermin ist jährlich der 1. Oktober.
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Praktischer Bereich - Anleitung und Schulungen