Illness	Number of cases
Lipomatosis not elsewhere classified (E88.22)	57
Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue not elsewhere classified - Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue (L98.7)	43
Hypertrophy of breast (N62)	29
Mononeuropathies of upper limb (G56.0)	27
Arthrosis of first carpometacarpal joint (M18.1)	24
Cellulitis (L03.10)	20
Gender identity disorders - Transsexualism (F64.0)	18
Localized adiposity (E65)	17
Atrophic disorders of skin - Scar conditions and fibrosis of skin (L90.5)	14
Other malignant neoplasms of skin (C44.3)	12

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation to tighten the skin or subcutaneous tissues and remove fatty tissue, apart from the face (5-911.1e)	141
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a1)	102
Operation to tighten the skin or subcutaneous tissues and remove fatty tissue, apart from the face (5-911.0b)	49
Operation to divide adhesions around a nerve or to relieve pressure on the nerve or to abolish the nerve function (5-056.40)	47
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	45
Surgical incision into the muscles, tendons or their connective tissue sheaths (5-850.d8)	43
Surgical incision into the muscles, tendons or their connective tissue sheaths (5-850.d7)	41
(9-984.7)	39
Extensive surgical removal of diseased tissue from the skin or subcutaneous tissues (5-895.29)	35
Extensive surgical removal of diseased tissue from the skin or subcutaneous tissues (5-895.0d)	33

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In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1551

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.	Explanation
CQ28

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

Number	Group
63	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*
51	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
43	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	Chefarzt der Klinik für Urologie Prof. Dr. Gerald Haupt: Universität zu Köln, Lehrangebote Urologie
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Kooperation mit der Universität Neumarkt am Mieresch, Campus Hamburg für die praktische Arztausbildung
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulatur

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals	eigene Schule, staatlich anerkannt, Grundlage: Pflegeberufegesetz. Die Ausbildung zur Pflegefachfrau / zum Pflegefachmann ist zugelassen nach der "Akkreditierungs- und Zulassungsverordnung Arbeitsförderung" (AZAV, SGB III).
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der ATA/OTA Schule am Klinikum Ludwigshafen
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	In Kooperation mit den Schulen für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe des Klinikums Ludwigshafen; Träger der praktischen Ausbildung
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der MT-Schule am Klinikum Ludwigshafen
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der MT-Schule am Klinikum Ludwigshafen
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	eigene Schule staatlich anerkannt, Grundlage: Ergotherapeutengesetz
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Kooperation mit dem Bildungszentrum am Marienhaus Klinikum Hetzelstift in Neustadt/ Weinstraße, Gesamtverantwortung: Pflegedirektion
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	eigene Schule staatlich anerkannt, Grundlage: Physiotherapeuten- und Masseurgesetz. Begleitendes Studium mgl. Abschluss: Bachelor of Science Physiotherapie (B.Sc.)