Illness	Number of cases
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	642
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	549
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	221
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	201
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	174
Osteoporosis with pathological fracture (M80.88)	102
Other deforming dorsopathies - Spondylolisthesis lumbar region (M43.16)	90
Other arthrosis (M19.01)	79
Spinal osteochondrosis - Adult osteochondrosis of spine lumbar region (M42.16)	74
Spondylosis (M47.87)	73

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.0)	573
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.j1)	520
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	462
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.00)	444
Other operations on the spine (5-839.60)	428
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	424
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.10)	413
Surgical removal of diseased bone or joint tissue in the spine (5-832.4)	411
(5-83b.70)	348
Surgical fixation of vertebrae using devices such as screws or plates (5-835.b0)	338

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2316

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

Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0
Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	2
Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	2

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
24	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*
19	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
19	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”

Accessibility

Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Prof. Dr. med. Georg Köster, Chefarzt Orthopädie & Unfallchir.; Universitätsmedizin Göttingen Prof. Dr. med. Olaf Lorbach, Chefarzt Schulterchir.; Universität des Saarlandes
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Ausschließlich Famulanten
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Chefarzt Prof. Dr. Lorbach ist im Editorial Board 'AJFM/OJFM - Arthroscopy'; Associate Editor KSSTA

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Es besteht ein Kooperationsvertrag mit der Gesundheitsakademie Bergstraße, die über 95 Ausbildungsplätze in der Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege verfügt.
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Die Schüler der Physiotherapie-Schule Bergstraße absolvieren in unserer Klinik die praktische Ausbildung im orthopädischen Bereich. Studenten der Hochschule Fresenius haben im Rahmen des Physiotherapie-Studiums (B.Sc.) die Möglichkeit Pflichtpraktika in unserem Haus zu absolvieren.
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)