Illness	Number of cases
Atherosclerosis (I70.22)	116
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	107
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	106
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	101
Type 2 diabetes mellitus not insulin dependent from the start (E11.74)	88
Atherosclerosis - Atherosclerosis of native arteries of other extremities with ulceration (I70.25)	65
Abscess of anal and rectal regions - Rectal abscess (K61.1)	56
Atherosclerosis (I70.24)	52
Atherosclerosis (I70.23)	49
Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries not resulting in cerebral infarction (I65.2)	45

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	240
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	159
Procedure for dialysing the blood outside the body with removal of the poison over a concentration gradient - dialysis (8-854.2)	145
Treatment of a vessel with access via a tube (catheter) (8-836.0s)	141
(8-831.00)	138
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	135
Examination of the rectum by endoscopy (1-654.1)	121
Surgical amputation of part of the foot or the whole foot (5-865.7)	105
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	84
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.33)	82

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1518 , 3757 , 1550 , 1520 , 1500

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
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Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0
Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

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.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ07	Weiterführende standortbezogene Informationen unter: www.perinatalzentren.org
CQ25

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

Number	Group
93	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*
11	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
10	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
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Prof. Dr. Dr. Franck Billmann: Uni Hamburg; Uni Heidelberg; N. Pfeufer: Ansprechpartner für MUC München RESCOO; Anprechpartner PA Studenten Hochschule Aalen
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	i. R. des Akademischen Lehrkrankenhauses der Universität Ulm in allen Kliniken
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Studie Non-Hodgkin- Lymphom niedriger Malignität; Deutsche Hodgkin Lymphom Studiengruppe HD 15-18; Emanate Studie bei Vorhofflimmern; Klinisches Studienzentrum Universität Heidelberg
Doctoral supervision	Prof. Dr. Brinkmann (Dr. med., Dr. biol. hum.), PD Dr. Grünewald, Dr. Laubersheimer, Dr. Schneider, Prof. Dr. Helwig, Prof. Dr. Walcher
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Lehrauftrag Uni Ulm: Prof. Dr. Brinkmann, Prof. Dr. Walcher, PD Dr. Grünewald, N. Pfeufer, J.-M. Koussemou; APL Professur Uni Freiburg Prof. Dr. Helwig; Dozent Asmara Medical College, Tansania: N. Pfeufer; Lehrauftrag Uni Münster: J.-M. Koussemou Uni Heidelberg Prof. Dr. Dr. Franck Billmann
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Teilnahme am Forschungsprojekt der Uni Stuttgart: Erforschung des anisotropen Material Modells zum Abbilden patientenspezifischer mechanischer Eigenschaften mittels direkter Mechanik
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Facharztwissen Viszeralchirurgie, Springer Prof. Dr. Dr. Franck Billmann
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	Lehrbeauftragter für Transkulturelle Psychiatrie an der Universität Münster : Herr Koussemou

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals	Schule für Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege mit 93 Ausbildungsplätzen in drei Kursen, davon je Kurs bis zu 4 Studienplätze an der Dualen Hochschule Baden-Württemberger, Studiengang Interprofessionelle Gesundheitsversorgung
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Kooperation mit Universitätsklinikum Ulm
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	12-monatige Pflegehilfeausbildung mit intensiven Praxisphasen im Klinikum Heidenheim 700 Stunden theoretischer Unterricht an der klinikeigenen Berufsfachschule für Pflege und Gesundheit Nach dem erfolgreichen Abschluss der Ausbildung kannst Du dich zur Pflegefachkraft weiterqualifizieren
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	In Kooperation mit Universitätsklinikum Ulm
HB13	Medical technical assistant for functional diagnostics (MTAF) (m/f)	In Kooperation mit Universitätsklinikum Ulm
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	in Kooperation mit der Akademie für Gesundheitsberufe des Universitätsklinikum Ulm
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)	In Kooperation mit Universitätsklinikum Ulm
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	in Kooperation mit der Dualen Hochschule BW
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	in Kooperation mit der Dualen Hochschule BW seit 2025