Illness	Number of cases
Obstructive uropathy and refluxuropathy - Hydronephrosis in obstruction by renal and ureteral calculi - Hydronephrosis in obstruction by ureteral calculi (N13.21)	261
Obstructive and reflux uropathy - Hydronephrosis with ureteral stricture not elsewhere classified (N13.1)	155
Acute tubulo-interstitial nephritis (N10)	146
Malignant neoplasm of bladder - Malignant neoplasm of lateral wall of bladder (C67.2)	142
Hyperplasia of prostate (N40)	140
Cystitis (N30.0)	94
Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61)	67
Calculus of kidney and ureter - Calculus of kidney (N20.0)	61
Obstructive uropathy and refluxuropathy - Hydronephrosis in obstruction by renal and ureteral calculi - Hydronephrosis in obstruction by renal calculi (N13.20)	58
Neuromuscular dysfunction of bladder not elsewhere classified - Flaccid neuropathic bladder not elsewhere classified (N31.2)	31

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Dilatation of the ureters during an operation or endoscopy (5-560.2)	472
Insertion, exchange or removal of a ureteral stent (8-137.00)	210
Surgical incision into the ureter or removal of a stone during an open operation or endoscopy (5-562.5)	183
Operation using lasers (5-985.9)	177
Surgical removal or destruction of prostatic tissue through the urethra (5-601.73)	171
Insertion, exchange or removal of a ureteral stent (8-137.10)	166
Examination of the urethra and the urinary bladder by endoscopy (1-661)	132
(9-984.7)	131
(9-984.8)	123
Surgical incision, removal or destruction of diseased tissue in the urinary bladder, with access through the urethra (5-573.41)	97

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Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

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 participation

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

Number	Group
52	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*
42	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
38	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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Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung der OTA-Schüler in Zusammenarbeit mit dem IBiG Hamm-Heessen sowie der Universitätsklinik Münster.
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Ausbildung durch die Zentrale Krankenpflegeschule am St. Franziskus-Hospital Ahlen, praktischer Einsatz im St. Elisabeth Hospital.
HB19	Nursing professionals