Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	722
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	557
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	81
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	49
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.05)	38
Other deforming dorsopathies - Spondylolisthesis lumbar region (M43.16)	35
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	32
Other arthrosis (M19.01)	29
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.3)	26
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.3)	24

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.5)	1.623
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)	1.188
Operation with the smallest possible incision into the skin and minimal tissue damage (minimally invasive) (5-986.x)	816
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	427
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	419
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.01)	333
Operation on the kneecap (patella) or its ligaments (5-804.5)	326
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	312
Operation using a navigation system which produces real-time 3-D images of the surgical site during the operation (5-988.3)	234
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.0)	207

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Department key

Department key: 2300

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

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
19	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*
5	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
4	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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Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Endoprothetik
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Klinik für Orthopädie

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB19	Nursing professionals	im Bildungscampus der KHWE
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	im Therapiezentrum der KHWE
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Pflegefachassistenz, im Bildungszentrum der KHWE