Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	182
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	176
Superficial injury of head (S00.85)	164
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	88
Fracture of forearm (S52.51)	56
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	53
Fracture of lower leg including ankle (S82.6)	37
Fracture of femur (S72.01)	36
Fracture of shoulder and upper arm (S42.21)	33
Other arthrosis (M19.01)	29

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	269
Operation with the smallest possible incision into the skin and minimal tissue damage (minimally invasive) (5-986.x)	257
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	210
(9-984.7)	173
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	164
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	154
(9-984.8)	122
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.3)	118
Operation using a navigation system which produces real-time 3-D images of the surgical site during the operation (5-988.x)	114
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.7)	91

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1600

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

Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

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
54	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*
42	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
39	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung in Kooperation mit dem Klinikum Ludwighafen
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung in Kooperation mit dem Klinikum Ludwigshafen
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Ausbildung in Kooperation mit der Krankenpflegehelferschule des Diakonissenkrankenhauses in Speyer
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	In der Abteilung Physiotherapie findet die praktische Ausbildung der Schüler aus umliegenden Physiotherapieschulen statt
HB19	Nursing professionals	Als Ausbildungsbetrieb stehen 36 Ausbildungsplätze in Kooperation mit der Krankenpflegeschule im Diakonissenkrankenhaus Speyer zur Verfügung.