Illness	Number of cases
Other functional intestinal disorders - Slow transit constipation (K59.01)	193
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	144
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	139
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	128
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia (K56.4)	95
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	93
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	86
Malignant neoplasm of rectum (C20)	66
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia (K56.5)	53
Diverticular disease of intestine (K57.22)	46

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using a surgical robot (5-987.0)	478
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	329
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	267
(5-98c.1)	260
Examination of the rectum by endoscopy (1-654.1)	250
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.x)	235
Operation with the smallest possible incision into the skin and minimal tissue damage (minimally invasive) (5-986.2)	225
(9-984.b)	205
Other operations on blood vessels (5-399.5)	196
(9-984.7)	191

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500

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

Chronische Herzinsuffizienz

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
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.