Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	97
Haemorrhoids and perianal venous thrombosis - Third degree hemorrhoids (K64.2)	55
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	54
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	35
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	25
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene recurrent (K40.91)	25
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K43.2)	22
Fissure and fistula of anal and rectal regions - Chronic anal fissure (K60.1)	21
Pilonidal cyst (L05.9)	21
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	20

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	106
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.13)	101
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.31)	86
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)	78
Examination of the rectum by endoscopy (1-654.1)	74
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	54
Other treatment of the heart or the blood vessels through a tube (catheter) (8-839.x)	49
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	44
Insertion of a small tube (cannula) or catheter into the space between the lungs and ribs for the drainage of fluid (8-144.0)	44
(9-984.7)	44

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Department key: 1500

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Quality

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External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)
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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*
1	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
0	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)	Dies findet in der Ategris Fachschule für Gesundheitsberufe in Mühlheim an der Ruhr statt.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Berufsbezeichnung: Pflegefachassistentin/Pflegefachassistent Dies findet im Bildungszentrum Niederrhein (BZNW) statt.
HB19	Nursing professionals	Dies findet im Bildungszentrum Niederrhein (BZNW) statt.