Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	362
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	327
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	149
Acquired deformities of fingers and toes (M20.1)	32
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.53)	31
Other arthrosis (M19.01)	25
Shoulder lesions (M75.4)	18
Shoulder lesions (M75.3)	17
Shoulder lesions (M75.2)	16
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.05)	11

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	312
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	302
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.3)	175
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.7)	112
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.4)	92
Other operations on the bone, muscles or joints (5-869.2)	88
Operation on the synovium by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-811.20)	60
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint (5-805.7)	57
Open surgical procedure on a joint (5-800.a0)	54
Other joint surgery by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-819.x0)	51

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

Number	Group
8	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*
5	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
4	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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