Illness	Number of cases
Arthrosis of first carpometacarpal joint (M18.1)	69
Fibroblastic disorders - Palmar fascial fibromatosis Dupuytren (M72.0)	32
Fracture of forearm (S52.51)	31
Synovitis and tenosynovitis (M65.14)	26
Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor unspecified (M05.94)	15
Other joint disorders not elsewhere classified (M25.64)	14
Mononeuropathies of upper limb (G56.0)	13
Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor unspecified (M05.93)	13
Fracture of forearm (S52.59)	13
Open wound of wrist and hand (S61.0)	13

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	162
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	71
(5-896.19)	57
Revision operations (5-983)	48
Operation to divide adhesions around a nerve or to relieve pressure on the nerve or to abolish the nerve function (5-056.40)	42
(5-86a.00)	41
Surgical removal or restoration of the joints of the hand apart from the wrist (5-847.22)	36
Surgical fixation of the bone fragments, e.g. in fractures, using devices such as screws or plates (5-786.1)	32
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)	28
Operation on the tendons of the hand (5-840.c4)	27

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1551

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

Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0
Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

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
45	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*
39	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
37	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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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)
HB21	Geriatric nurse (m/f)