Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	96
Abdominal and pelvic pain (R10.3)	91
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	86
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	62
Abscess of anal and rectal regions - Anal abscess (K61.0)	53
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	52
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	44
Other functional intestinal disorders - Other constipation (K59.09)	31
Diaphragmatic hernia - Diaphragmatic hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K44.9)	27
Follicular cysts of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L72.1)	27

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	183
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	180
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	144
Computer-assisted analysis of the images with 3D-analysis (3-990)	107
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	94
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	74
Surgical incision into or removal of tissue from the anus (5-490.1)	65
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a0)	63
(9-984.8)	62
(9-984.7)	61

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

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.	Explanation
CQ01	CQ01 - Richtlinie über Maßnahmen zur Qualitätssicherung für die stationäre Versorgung bei der Indikation Bauchaortenaneurysma
CQ07	Weiterführende standortbezogene Informationen unter: www.perinatalzentren.org

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

Number	Group
90	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*
58	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
58	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
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Im Bereich des Brust- und Darmkrebszentrums nehmen wir an diversen Studien teil.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Akademische Lehreinrichtung für Angewandte Hebammenwissenschaft der Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes, University of Applied Sciences
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulatur und Praktika in allen Fachabteilungen. Aktives Stipendienprogramm.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Begleitender Ausbildungsbetrieb der privaten Physiotherapieschule Pirmasens (Praktikum).
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Begleitender Ausbildungsbetrieb.
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Akademische Lehreinrichtung für Angewandte Hebammenwissenschaft der Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes, University of Applied Sciences
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	26 Ausbildungsplätze
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	Begleitender Ausbildungsbetrieb (720 Einsatzstunden).
HB19	Nursing professionals	120 Ausbildungsplätze
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Studium durch die Hochschule Ludwigshafen.