Illness	Number of cases
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	35
Other spondylopathies - Spinal stenosis lumbosacral region (M48.07)	12
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	10
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	7
Other deforming dorsopathies - Spondylolisthesis lumbar region (M43.16)	6
Cervical disc disorders (M50.1)	5
Multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms - Multiple myeloma not having achieved remission (C90.00)	not specified
Arterial embolism and thrombosis - Embolism and thrombosis of arteries of the lower extremities (I74.3)	not specified
Spinal osteochondrosis - Adult osteochondrosis of spine cervical region (M42.12)	not specified
Other deforming dorsopathies - Spondylolisthesis lumbosacral region (M43.17)	not specified

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using a navigation system which produces real-time 3-D images of the surgical site during the operation (5-988.0)	67
Surgical removal of diseased bone or joint tissue in the spine (5-832.4)	45
Surgical incision into the spinal canal (5-033.0)	37
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.0)	28
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.02)	27
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.10)	26
Surgical removal of diseased bone or joint tissue in the spine (5-832.x)	23
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	22
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.01)	17
Reconstructive operations on the spinal cord or spinal meninges (5-036.6)	16

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1700

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

Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ05
CQ25

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

Number	Group
235	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*
172	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
59	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung. Seit 01.10.2023 eigene ATA- OTA- Schule
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals	Löst ab 2020 den Ausbildungsberuf zum/zur Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger/in ab.
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	seit 01.10.2023 eigene ATA und OTA Schule