Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	152
Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.20)	41
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	38
Diverticular disease of intestine (K57.22)	36
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI from 50 to below 60. (E66.07)	31
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI of 40 to below 50. (E66.06)	30
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	30
Pilonidal cyst (L05.0)	24
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	23
Abscess of anal and rectal regions - Anal abscess (K61.0)	22

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	236
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	154
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	138
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	125
(5-98c.1)	106
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.1)	89
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	84
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	83
Endoscopy of the digestive tract through a surgical opening or during another operation (1-695.0)	56
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	56

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

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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 participation

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

Number	Group
160	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*
32	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
32	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”

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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Prof. Dr. Silomon: Universitätsklinikum Homburg/Saar Dr. Charvalakis: Lehrauftrag Universitätsklinikum Mainz
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Dr. Düsseldorf: Famulatur Prof. Dr. Silomon: Studenten der Uniklinik Homburg/Saar, PJ-Studenten der Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Famulanten auch anderer Hochschulen Dr. Faust: PJ-Studenten der Universität Mainz
Doctoral supervision	In Zusammenarbeit mit der Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz Prof. Dr. Silomon: eigene Mitarbeiter über Uniklinik Homburg/Saar

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Kooperation mit der Katholischen Hochschule Mainz
HB19	Nursing professionals