Illness	Number of cases
Fracture of forearm (S52.51)	141
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	136
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	102
Fracture of femur (S72.01)	78
Intracranial injury (S06.0)	61
Fracture of lower leg including ankle (S82.6)	53
Fracture of femur (S72.10)	48
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.04)	43
Fracture of shoulder and upper arm (S42.21)	41
Other acquired deformities of limbs (M21.16)	38

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
High pressure (hyperbaric) oxygen administration - HBO (8-721.0)	559
(9-984.7)	252
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	211
(8-831.00)	160
Surgical fixation of the bone fragments, e.g. in fractures, using devices such as screws or plates (5-786.k)	154
(9-984.8)	136
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	121
Surgical reduction of a comminuted fracture in the joint region of a long bone and fixation of the bone fragments using devices such as screws or plates (5-794.k6)	112
(9-984.6)	81
Other operations to secure or restore the function of a joint (5-829.k1)	69

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1600

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

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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Accessibility information

General information

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