Illness	Number of cases
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	116
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	83
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	81
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic single thyroid nodule (E04.1)	58
Malignant neoplasm of rectum (C20)	57
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	39
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic multinodular goiter (E04.2)	37
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	34
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K43.2)	33
Diverticular disease of intestine (K57.22)	29

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	206
Other operations on the thyroid gland or parathyroid glands (5-069.41)	190
(5-98c.0)	177
(5-98c.2)	154
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	138
Surgical removal of half of the thyroid gland (5-061.0)	119
Other operations on the thyroid gland or parathyroid glands (5-069.30)	94
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	91
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	88
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	81

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

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Department key: 1500

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ07
CQ01

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

Number	Group
103	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*
71	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
71	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
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	z.B. Lehrbuch Klinische Radiologie Fakten, 08. Auflage, Pickuth, Dirk; Strahlentherapie, 02. Auflage, Wannemacher, Wenz, Debus, Pickuth, Dirk; "HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVES - The Essentials for Excellence in Leadership and Management", Pickuth, Dirk; Taschenbuch Onkologie, Co Autor Metzger, Ralf
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Universität des Saarlandes, Texas Tech University, University Medical Center and Southwest Cancer Treatment Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA; Universität zu Köln; Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster;Semmelweis-Universität Budapest; University of London, Universität Heidelberg
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	HTW - Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes, HFH (Hamburger Fernhochschule)
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	u.a. HypoSIB-Studie (MammaCa), HD-Studien (Hodgkins-Desease/Lymphome), Mukositis-Studie
Doctoral supervision
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Vorlesungen, u.a. auch Beteiligung an der Ausbildung von Medizinphysik-Studenten (Master/Bachelor)