Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	183
Varicose veins of lower extremities (I83.9)	95
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	82
Erysipelas (A46)	65
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	65
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	56
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	56
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene recurrent (K40.91)	43
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K43.2)	39
Complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T82.5)	39

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	225
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.23)	205
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	193
Computed tomography of the pelvis with contrast medium (3-226)	184
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	162
Revision operations (5-983)	161
(9-984.7)	125
(9-984.8)	100
Dressings for large areas of skin or serious skin diseases (8-191.00)	97
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	96

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1500

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

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
73	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*
5	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
0	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der Universitätsklinik Homburg
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Kooperation mit Klinikum Saarbrücken.
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Kooperation Katholische Hochschule Mainz
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Kooperation Winterbergkliniken Saarbrücken
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Vergabe von Stipendium.