Illness	Number of cases
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of adenoids (J35.2)	211
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of tonsils (J35.1)	187
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic pansinusitis (J32.4)	124
Peritonsillar abscess (J36)	117
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	115
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	113
Haemorrhage from respiratory passages - Epistaxis (R04.0)	110
Follow-up examination after treatment for malignant neoplasms (Z08.7)	78
Other hearing loss (H91.2)	70
Disorders of vestibular function (H81.8)	62

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of hearing - audiometry (1-242)	629
Surgical removal of the (enlarged) adenoids (without removal of the tonsils) (5-285.0)	380
Examination of the oesophagus by endoscopy (1-630.1)	322
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	315
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils (without removal of the adenoids) - tonsillectomy without adenoidectomy (5-281.5)	205
Surgical incision into the eardrum (tympanic membrane) (5-200.5)	180
Surgical incision into the eardrum (tympanic membrane) (5-200.4)	140
Operation on several paranasal sinuses (5-224.63)	140
Exchange or removal of the absorbent pack used to stop bleeding (tamponade) (8-506)	133
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.3)	120

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2600

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

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
12	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*
12	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
12	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