Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	163
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	110
Varicose veins of lower extremities (I83.9)	87
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	86
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	60
Erysipelas (A46)	54
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	53
Type 2 diabetes mellitus not insulin dependent from the start (E11.74)	52
Umbilical hernia - Umbilical hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K42.9)	44
Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue not elsewhere classified - Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue (L98.7)	41

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	216
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	188
Revision operations (5-983)	186
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	181
Computed tomography of the pelvis with contrast medium (3-226)	179
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.23)	170
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	168
(9-984.7)	139
(9-984.8)	127
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	92

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
50	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*
14	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
2	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 Hebammenschule
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