Illness	Number of cases
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	259
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic sinusitis unspecified (J32.9)	166
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of tonsils (J35.1)	151
Acute tonsillitis (J03.8)	139
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of adenoids (J35.2)	129
Haemorrhage from respiratory passages - Epistaxis (R04.0)	115
Other hearing loss (H91.2)	97
Peritonsillar abscess (J36)	96
Disorders of vestibular function (H81.2)	88
Facial nerve disorders - Bells palsy (G51.0)	73

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of hearing - audiometry (1-242)	549
Evaluation of swallowing with the help of a tube-shaped instrument with a camera mounted at the end (endoscope) (1-613)	418
Examination of the oesophagus by endoscopy (1-630.1)	323
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.1)	279
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.10)	208
Surgical removal of the (enlarged) adenoids (without removal of the tonsils) (5-285.0)	199
Surgical incision into the eardrum (tympanic membrane) (5-200.5)	197
Other examination of the function of the nervous system (1-20a.30)	188
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils (without removal of the adenoids) - tonsillectomy without adenoidectomy (5-281.5)	176
Examination of the larynx by endoscopy (1-610.2)	171

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

Hospital information and services for all specialist departments

Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Chronische Herzinsuffizienz

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ02
CQ01
CQ05
CQ25

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
268	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*
175	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
151	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
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Doctoral supervision
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)	in Kooperation
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)
HB13	Medical technical assistant for functional diagnostics (MTAF) (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Angebot eines dualen Studiums: Therapie- und Pflegewissenschaften dual (B.Sc.)
HB10	Midwife (m/f)
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	in Kooperation
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	in Kooperation
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.