Illness	Number of cases
Fibroblastic disorders - Palmar fascial fibromatosis Dupuytren (M72.0)	53
Arthrosis of first carpometacarpal joint (M18.1)	37
Cellulitis (L03.01)	21
Cellulitis (L03.10)	19
Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue not elsewhere classified - Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue (L98.7)	17
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments at wrist and hand level (S63.3)	16
Disorders of continuity of bone (M84.14)	14
Injury of muscle and tendon at wrist and hand level (S66.1)	13
Mononeuropathies of upper limb (G56.0)	10
Injury of nerves at wrist and hand level (S64.4)	10

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	314
Revision operations (5-983)	115
Dressings for large areas of skin or serious skin diseases (8-191.00)	69
(5-86a.00)	53
(5-896.19)	51
Operation to divide adhesions around a nerve or to relieve pressure on the nerve or to abolish the nerve function (5-056.40)	45
Surgical removal of diseased bone tissue (5-782.6a)	45
Operation on the connective tissue sheaths around the muscles and tendons in the hand or fingers (5-842.71)	42
Mobilisation of a stiff joint under anaesthesia - brisement force (8-210)	35
Surgical fixation of the bone fragments, e.g. in fractures, using devices such as screws or plates (5-786.1)	33

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1900

Type of specialist department

Main Department

Hospital information and services for all specialist departments

Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Brustkrebs

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
101	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*
88	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
88	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”

Accessibility

Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Doctoral supervision
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Augenabteilung mit der Uni-Klinik Frankfurt:Weiterentwicklung OP-Simulators zum Erlernen von netzhautchirurgischen Eingriffen.
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	im DIAKOVERE Fachschulzentrum
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	im DIAKOVERE Fachschulzentrum
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	im DIAKOVERE Fachschulzentrum
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	im DIAKOVERE Fachschulzentrum
HB19	Nursing professionals	im DIAKOVERE Fachschulzentrum