Illness	Number of cases
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs (C78.0)	23
Benign neoplasm of middle ear and respiratory system (D14.3)	14
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs - Secondary malignant neoplasm of pleura (C78.2)	10
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	7
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	6
Benign neoplasm of other and unspecified sites - Benign neoplasm of lymph nodes (D36.0)	4
Pyothorax without fistula (J86.9)	4
Malignant neoplasm of colon - Malignant neoplasm of ascending colon (C18.2)	not specified
Malignant neoplasm of pancreas - Malignant neoplasm of head of pancreas (C25.0)	not specified
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.0)	not specified

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Insertion of a small tube (cannula) or catheter into the space between the lungs and ribs for the drainage of fluid (8-144.0)	59
Surgical removal of the pleura (5-344.40)	34
Obliteration of the space between the lungs and ribs - pleurodesis (5-345.5)	34
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.10)	33
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.01)	28
Other operations on the chest (5-349.6)	24
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	23
Surgical removal of lung tissue, without taking the anatomical divisions of the lungs into account (5-322.g1)	18
Surgical incision into the chest wall or pleura (5-340.0)	17
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of lymph nodes, spleen or thymus gland through the skin, guided by imaging procedures such as ultrasound (1-426.3)	15

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1520

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
No participation

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
CQ25
CQ03
CQ28

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

Number	Group
241	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*
234	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
216	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)
HB13	Medical technical assistant for functional diagnostics (MTAF) (m/f)
HB16	Dietician (m/f)	Beteiligung an der berufspraktischen Ausbildung
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)
HB19	Nursing professionals