Illness	Number of cases
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic multinodular goiter (E04.2)	209
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	184
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI of 40 to below 50. (E66.06)	173
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	88
Diaphragmatic hernia - Diaphragmatic hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K44.9)	69
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	64
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI from 50 to below 60. (E66.07)	58
Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue not elsewhere classified - Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue (L98.7)	53
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	45
Malignant neoplasm of rectum (C20)	44

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Other operations on the thyroid gland or parathyroid glands (5-069.41)	288
Examination of the larynx by endoscopy (1-610.0)	280
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	270
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	165
Surgical connection between the stomach and small intestine bypassing the duodenum, without removing the stomach (5-445.41)	162
Surgical removal of the thyroid gland (5-063.0)	145
Surgical removal of half of the thyroid gland (5-061.0)	111
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	97
Rarely used surgical technique for partial removal of the stomach (5-434.51)	90
(9-984.7)	89

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 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
No participation

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.	Explanation
CQ01

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

Number	Group
87	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*
66	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
65	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
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulatur, Duales Studium Pflegewissenschaften in Zusammenarbeit mit der HS Ostfalia, Vietnamprojekt Praktisches Jahr (Koop. mit Städtischem Klinikum BS und Universität Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt), internationale Studenten
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Universität Regensburg - Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover - Chirurgische Klinik, Universität Hildesheim - Chirurgische Klinik, HS Ostfalia - Orthopädie
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Chefarzt Prof. Dr. Karl-Dieter Heller: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Chefarzt Prof. Dr. Christoph Wiese: Universität Regensburg, Chefarzt PD Dr. Hinrich Köhler: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Chefarzt Prof. Dr. Frank Schmitz: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Doctoral supervision	Universität Regensburg (Prof. Dr. Christoph Wiese), Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (PD Dr. Köhler), Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (Prof. Dr. Karl-Dieter Heller)
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Aktuelle Schmerz- und Palliativmedizin - Eco Med Verlag, AE-Manual Hüfte - Springerverlag
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	Lehrauftrag HS Ostfalia
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	in Kooperation mit DIAKOVERE, 3 Ausbildungsplätze jährlich
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	in Kooperation mit DIAKOVERE, 2 Ausbildungsplätze jährlich
HB19	Nursing professionals	durchschnittlich 25 Ausbildungsplätze pro Jahrgang
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Durchführung von Praxisphasen
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	in Kooperation
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	Durchführung von Praxisphasen