Illness	Number of cases
Fibroblastic disorders - Palmar fascial fibromatosis Dupuytren (M72.0)	27
Arthrosis of first carpometacarpal joint (M18.1)	12
Other congenital musculoskeletal deformities - Congenital deformity of fingers and hand (Q68.1)	9
Mononeuropathies of upper limb (G56.0)	7
Polydactyly - Accessory thumbs (Q69.1)	6
Syndactyly (Q70.0)	5
Benign neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage (D16.1)	not specified
Lymphangioma any site (D18.18)	not specified
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia (K56.4)	not specified
Pressure sore decubitus and pressure area (L89.31)	not specified

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	85
Revision operations (5-983)	25
Operation on the connective tissue sheaths around the muscles and tendons in the hand or fingers (5-842.71)	17
Skin grafting from the area around the wound (5-903.99)	17
Other operations on the hand (5-849.1)	16
Operation to divide adhesions around a nerve or to relieve pressure on the nerve or to abolish the nerve function (5-056.40)	13
Free skin flap grafting [site of removal and nature of the graft] (5-902.69)	11
Free skin flap grafting [site of removal and nature of the graft] (5-902.29)	10
Operation on the muscles of the hand (5-843.8)	8
Surgical removal of the synovium in the hand (5-845.01)	8

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

Number	Group
30	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*
30	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
30	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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