Illness	Number of cases
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	251
Other dorsopathies not elsewhere classified - Cervicobrachial syndrome (M53.1)	45
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	39
Osteoporosis with pathological fracture (M80.98)	18
Other arthrosis (M19.05)	16
Fracture of lumbar spine and pelvis (S32.01)	15
Dorsalgia - Pain in thoracic spine (M54.6)	14
Cervical disc disorders (M50.1)	13
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	12
Superficial injury of abdomen lower back and pelvis (S30.0)	12

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	270
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.03)	126
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	86
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.5)	73
(9-984.7)	61
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	58
Surgical fixation of vertebrae using devices such as screws or plates (5-835.b0)	39
(9-984.b)	39
Surgical fixation of vertebrae using devices such as screws or plates (5-835.c0)	38
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.01)	35

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 3755

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
26	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*
26	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
26	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Lehrbeauftragte der Universität Marburg Herr Dr. Elsing, Herr Dr. Kohler, Herr Dr. Lancee, Herr Dr. Kneip

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	1 Ausbildungsplatz pro Jahr
HB13	Medical technical assistant for functional diagnostics (MTAF) (m/f)	Ausbildung von Medizintechnischen Assistenten (MTA)