Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	515
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	491
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	128
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.04)	99
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.05)	96
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.3)	86
Other arthrosis (M19.01)	45
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip - Other unilateral secondary osteoarthritis of hip (M16.7)	44
Fracture of forearm (S52.51)	36
Pyogenic arthritis unspecified (M00.96)	33

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation with the smallest possible incision into the skin and minimal tissue damage (minimally invasive) (5-986.x)	604
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	462
Open surgical procedure on a joint (5-800.ag)	433
Open surgical procedure on a joint (5-800.ah)	346
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.94)	296
Operation on the kneecap (patella) or its ligaments (5-804.5)	240
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.02)	213
(9-984.7)	186
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	172
Open surgical procedure on a joint (5-800.4h)	169

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2300

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

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)
No participation

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

Number	Group
40	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*
38	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
38	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Studentenausbildung (Famulanten) an der Orthopädischen Klinik Hessisch Lichtenau
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	EMSCI- Multicenterstudie Universität Zürich
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	NISCI-Studie, EMSCI-Studie
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	DYNORFUSE-Studie

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Physiotherapie-Schule, Ausbildungsbeginn jährlich
HB19	Nursing professionals	In Kooperation
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Krankenpflegehilfeschule, Ausbildungsbeginn jährlich