Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	76
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	68
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	49
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	37
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	32
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	28
Diverticular disease of intestine (K57.22)	28
Erysipelas (A46)	27
Abscess of anal and rectal regions - Anal abscess (K61.0)	23
Umbilical hernia - Umbilical hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K42.9)	18

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	208
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	138
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)	115
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	101
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	92
(9-984.7)	77
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.31)	71
(9-984.8)	69
Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen without contrast medium (3-207)	68
(5-98c.2)	52

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Department key: 1500

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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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)
No participation

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

Number	Group
47	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*
37	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
31	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies