Illness	Number of cases
Other disorders of urinary system - Urinary tract infection site not specified (N39.0)	81
Other diseases of intestine - Polyp of colon (K63.5)	73
Other diseases of oesophagus - Esophageal obstruction (K22.2)	68
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29.6)	41
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin (A09.9)	40
Volume depletion (E86)	39
Iron deficiency anaemia - Other iron deficiency anemias (D50.8)	37
Alcoholic liver disease (K70.3)	36
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	32
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease - Gastro-esophageal reflux disease with esophagitis (K21.0)	31

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	1.177
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.9)	575
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	566
Examination of the anus and rectum by endoscopy (1-653)	482
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the lower digestive tract by endoscopy (1-444.6)	325
(9-984.7)	264
(9-984.8)	223
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	220
Surgical removal or destruction of diseased tissue in the large intestine (5-452.63)	215
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	207

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0107

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Brustkrebs

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
109	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*
74	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
74	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”

Accessibility

Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Doctoral supervision
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	u.a. HypoSIB-Studie (MammaCa), HD-Studien (Hodgkins-Desease/Lymphome), Mukositis-Studie
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)
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
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
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	HTW - Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes, HFH (Hamburger Fernhochschule)
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

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB10	Midwife (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)