Illness	Number of cases
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	232
Other dorsopathies not elsewhere classified - Cervicobrachial syndrome (M53.1)	88
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	45
Dorsalgia (M54.87)	28
Spinal osteochondrosis - Adult osteochondrosis of spine lumbar region (M42.16)	20
Fracture of ribs sternum and thoracic spine (S22.06)	20
Dorsalgia (M54.88)	19
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	17
Osteoporosis with pathological fracture (M80.08)	17
Other joint disorders not elsewhere classified (M25.55)	16

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computer-assisted analysis of the images with 3D-analysis (3-990)	485
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	195
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spinal canal with contrast medium (3-841)	173
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.2)	104
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.10)	89
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.00)	87
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.1x)	86
Surgical fixation of vertebrae using devices such as screws or plates (5-835.c0)	73
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	70
(5-83b.70)	63

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 3755

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

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.	Explanation
CQ01

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

Number	Group
46	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*
42	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
23	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)	PJ nur für den Fachbereich Orthopädie/Wirbelsäulenchirurgie. Famulatur für alle Fachbereiche.
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)	Praktische Ausbildung
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung
HB19	Nursing professionals	Löst ab 2020 den Ausbildungsberuf zum/zur Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger/in ab.