Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	37
Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.20)	31
Erysipelas (A46)	23
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia (K56.4)	22
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	21
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	21
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	19
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulosis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.30)	18
Other functional intestinal disorders - Slow transit constipation (K59.01)	16
Diverticular disease of intestine (K57.22)	15

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	229
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	70
(9-984.7)	70
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	65
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	61
Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen without contrast medium (3-207)	50
(9-984.8)	44
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)	39
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	34
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	33

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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
No participation

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
17	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*
16	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
15	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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Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Bis September 2024 wird in Kooperation mit dem IWK Delmenhorst die praktische Ausbildung in der Helios Klinik Wesermarsch durch geführt. Ab Oktober 2022 findet die theoretische Ausbildung im Helios Bildungszentrum Cuxhaven und die praktische Ausbildung in der Helios Klinik Wesermarsch statt.
HB19	Nursing professionals	Für die Kurse 2020 ,2021, 2022 und 2023 findet die theoretische Ausbildung im Helios-Bildungszentrum Cuxhaven statt und die praktische Ausbildung in der Helios Klinik Wesermarsch.