Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	347
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	279
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.53)	153
Internal derangement of knee (M23.33)	64
Acquired deformities of fingers and toes (M20.1)	59
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	41
Other disorders of cartilage (M94.26)	38
Acquired deformities of fingers and toes (M20.2)	30
Shoulder lesions (M75.4)	28
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.3)	24

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Comprehensive pain control for acute pain (8-919)	409
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	329
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	311
Operation on the synovium by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-811.2h)	300
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	176
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments in the knee joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-813.4)	159
Surgical procedure on a joint by endoscopy (5-810.2h)	155
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.5)	130
Other joint surgery by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-819.1h)	119
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.7)	96

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Department key

Department key: 2316

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
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
94	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*
88	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
86	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Prof. Jörg Braun; Semmelweis-Universität (Budapest/Ungarn), UKSH Campus Lübeck, Prof. Alf Giese; Universität Hamburg Prof. Hans Hoerauf; Universitätsmedizin Göttingen Prof. Matthias Lüke; UKSH Campus Lübeck
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Prof. Jörg Braun, u.a. Basislehrbuch Innere Medizin, Klinikleitfaden Innere Medizin, Klinikleitfaden Intensivmedizin
Doctoral supervision	Prof. Jörg Braun

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)