Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	171
Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.20)	90
Umbilical hernia - Umbilical hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K42.9)	78
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	73
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	61
Pilonidal cyst (L05.9)	54
Varicose veins of lower extremities (I83.9)	49
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K43.2)	35
Abscess of anal and rectal regions - Anal abscess (K61.0)	35
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	34

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	203
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	198
Dressings for large areas of skin or serious skin diseases (8-191.00)	196
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	140
Examination of the rectum by endoscopy (1-654.1)	119
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a3)	116
(5-98c.1)	93
Other abdominal operations (5-549.5)	91
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.45)	90
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	88

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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
162	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*
102	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
102	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Doctoral supervision
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Das Personal des Krankenhauses beteiligt sich an der Erstellung von Leitlinien und Expertenstandards, verfasst wissenschaftliche Artikel für Fachjournale und fungiert als Herausgeber von Lehrbüchern (z.B. Die ersten Eingriffe in der Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, ISBN: 978-3-662-54673-4).

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	ab dem 01.11.2025