Illness	Number of cases
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	1.070
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	517
Disorders of vestibular function (H81.8)	306
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic pansinusitis (J32.4)	161
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic ethmoidal sinusitis (J32.2)	103
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	96
Other acquired deformities of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue - Acquired deformity of nose (M95.0)	89
Disorders of vestibular function (H81.2)	84
Dizziness and giddiness (R42)	83
Cholesteatoma of middle ear (H71)	67

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Investigation of the of the brain, heart, and muscle activity, and respiration during sleep (1-790)	1.759
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.1)	749
Installation and adjustment of a mechanical ventilator for treatment of respiratory disorders during sleep (8-717.0)	710
Surgical removal or reconstruction of the nasal septum (5-214.6)	708
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	510
Computer-assisted analysis of the images with 3D-analysis (3-990)	266
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.4)	211
(1-611.00)	206
Examination of the oesophagus by endoscopy (1-630.1)	156
Examination of the larynx by endoscopy (1-610.2)	150

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2600

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

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.	Explanation
CQ25
CQ01
CQ31

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

Number	Group
169	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*
132	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
118	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
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	7 Studien
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	12 Studien
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Studienprojekte mit nationalen und internationalen Hochschulen
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	26 Studien
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)