Krankenhaus Wittmund gGmbH

Orthopädie

Dohuser Weg 10
26409 Wittmund

Phone: 04462-86-2211
Fax: 04462-86-42211
Mail: ed.mtw-hk@hcrel.saihttam

With emergency ambulance
Approach

https://kh-wtm.de/medizin/orthopaedische-chirurgie...

Medical administration

PD Dr. Matthias Lerch (Chefarzt Orthopädie, Facharzt für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, spezielle orthopädische Chirurgie, Fußchirurgie (D.A.F.))

Information and services of the department

Number of cases

Number of inpatient cases: 750

Staffing

Doctors m/f (including affiliated doctors): 6,66

Nursing staff: 32,07

Specialist expertise and further training

Medical expertiseSpecialist training and additional training
Nursing expertiseFurther education / academic degrees and additional qualifications

Medical service offering with case numbers

Top 10 illnesses

Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	245
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	203
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip - Bilateral primary osteoarthritis of hip (M16.0)	54
Dorsalgia - Radiculopathy lumbar region (M54.16)	37
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee - Bilateral primary osteoarthritis of knee (M17.0)	24
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.05)	24
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.3)	23
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	12
Other disorders of bone (M89.56)	12
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.3)	11

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation with the smallest possible incision into the skin and minimal tissue damage (minimally invasive) (5-986.x)	272
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	214
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	171
Operation using a navigation system which produces real-time 3-D images of the surgical site during the operation (5-988.3)	153
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.94)	113
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.h2)	88
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	65
(5-98d.0)	59
(9-984.7)	59
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	53

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2300

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

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
31	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*
23	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
21	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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