Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	626
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	477
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.53)	145
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	60
Other acquired deformities of limbs (M21.61)	55
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.0)	48
Acquired deformities of fingers and toes (M20.1)	39
Other acquired deformities of limbs (M21.06)	31
Fibroblastic disorders - Palmar fascial fibromatosis Dupuytren (M72.0)	28
Other disorders of cartilage (M94.26)	19

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Transfusion of blood previously taken from a person - autologous blood transfusion (8-803.2)	742
Open surgical procedure on a joint (5-800.4h)	435
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	422
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	419
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.j1)	330
Open surgical procedure on a joint (5-800.4g)	255
Treatment of a joint by irrigation (8-178.h)	233
Other operations to secure or restore the function of a joint (5-829.jx)	216
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	139
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.3)	129

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1500

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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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

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
17	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*
1	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
1	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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Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision