Illness	Number of cases
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	146
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic maxillary sinusitis (J32.0)	99
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic pansinusitis (J32.4)	64
Peritonsillar abscess (J36)	61
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	43
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic ethmoidal sinusitis (J32.2)	32
Malignant neoplasm of larynx - Malignant neoplasm of glottis (C32.0)	31
Benign neoplasm of major salivary glands - Benign neoplasm of parotid gland (D11.0)	30
Other acquired deformities of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue - Acquired deformity of nose (M95.0)	27
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of tonsils (J35.1)	23

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.4)	246
Surgical removal or reconstruction of the nasal septum (5-214.6)	237
Operation on the maxillary sinuses (5-221.1)	204
Operation on the ethmoid bone or on the sphenoid sinus (5-222.20)	188
Examination of the oesophagus by endoscopy (1-630.1)	116
Revision operations (5-983)	93
Examination of the larynx by endoscopy (1-610.2)	89
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils (without removal of the adenoids) - tonsillectomy without adenoidectomy (5-281.0)	57
Operation on several paranasal sinuses (5-224.63)	56
Treatment of a nose bleed by packing with absorbent material (tamponade) (8-500)	56

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2600

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