Illness	Number of cases
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	204
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	140
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	123
Intracranial injury (S06.0)	106
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)	97
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	80
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	75
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	59
Osteoporosis with pathological fracture (M80.08)	48
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)	47

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	382
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	380
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	356
(9-984.7)	269
Surgical removal of diseased bone or joint tissue in the spine (5-832.4)	215
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)	204
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	203
Procedures on the spine for the treatment of pain, with the smallest possible incision into the skin and minimal tissue damage (minimally invasive) (5-83a.00)	199
(9-984.8)	193
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	176

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500 , 3755 , 2316

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 participation

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

Number	Group
93	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*
67	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
49	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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Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision