Illness	Number of cases
Fracture of forearm (S52.50)	70
Arthrosis of first carpometacarpal joint (M18.1)	69
Disorders of autonomic nervous system - Complex regional pain syndrome I unspecified (G90.50)	62
Other arthrosis - Secondary osteoarthritis unspecified site (M19.93)	45
Fibroblastic disorders - Palmar fascial fibromatosis Dupuytren (M72.0)	35
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments at wrist and hand level (S63.3)	35
Disorders of continuity of bone (M84.14)	24
Other arthrosis (M19.23)	23
Fracture of forearm (S52.30)	21
Cellulitis (L03.01)	17

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	515
Surgical reduction of a comminuted fracture in the joint region of a long bone and fixation of the bone fragments using devices such as screws or plates (5-794.k6)	128
Surgical procedure on the joints of the hand apart from the wrist (5-844.11)	86
Surgical procedure on the joints of the hand apart from the wrist (5-844.60)	83
Revision operations (5-983)	77
Other operations to secure or restore the function of a joint (5-829.5)	75
Surgical removal or destruction of diseased tissue in the nerves (5-041.3)	68
Other surgical incision into the skin or subcutaneous tissues (5-892.18)	67
Specific extensive treatment of the hand (8-988.1)	67
Combination of different physiotherapy exercises and uses (8-563.1)	59

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2300

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

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Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0
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Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	2
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Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	2

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
37	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*
37	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
37	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities