Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	67
Erysipelas (A46)	44
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	36
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	32
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	32
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia (K56.5)	22
Cutaneous abscess furuncle and carbuncle (L02.2)	21
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	20
Umbilical hernia - Umbilical hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K42.9)	20
Cutaneous abscess furuncle and carbuncle (L02.4)	20

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a3)	129
(8-831.00)	99
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	83
(9-984.7)	77
Patient education (9-500.0)	65
Operation using a surgical robot (5-987.0)	60
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	58
Other operations on blood vessels (5-399.5)	55
Examination of the rectum by endoscopy (1-654.1)	49
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.21)	47

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Department key

Department key: 1500

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Chronische obstruktive Lungenerkrankung (COPD)

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
89	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*
78	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
76	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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Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Priv.-Doz. Dr. F. Kutscha-Lissberg, Universität Bochum Priv.-Doz. Dr. J. Stattaus, Universität Essen Priv.-Doz. Dr. C. Brenke, Universität Bochum Prof. Dr. M. Altintas, med. Hochschule Hannover Priv.-Doz. Dr. M. Utech, Uniklinik Münster

Training