Illness	Number of cases
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	187
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic pansinusitis (J32.4)	157
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	135
Peritonsillar abscess (J36)	117
Haemorrhage from respiratory passages - Epistaxis (R04.0)	67
Haemorrhage from respiratory passages - Hemorrhage from throat (R04.1)	45
Benign neoplasm of major salivary glands - Benign neoplasm of parotid gland (D11.0)	40
Malignant neoplasm of oropharynx - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of oropharynx (C10.8)	38
Acute tonsillitis (J03.9)	38
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic maxillary sinusitis (J32.0)	36

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the larynx by endoscopy (1-610.1)	2.313
Examination of the nose by endoscopy (1-612)	1.891
Examination of the pharynx by endoscopy (1-611.1)	1.419
Special microscope, for example, used to show the back of the eye (retina) (3-301.x)	1.234
Other treatment by irrigation or lavage (8-179.x)	556
Exchange or removal of the absorbent pack used to stop bleeding (tamponade) (8-506)	550
Treatment of a nose bleed by packing with absorbent material (tamponade) (8-500)	390
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.4)	362
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.00)	298
Surgical removal or reconstruction of the nasal septum (5-214.6)	244

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2690

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

Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

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
62	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*
54	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
53	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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Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Doctoral supervision
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies

Training

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