Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	279
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	225
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.5)	99
Spread metastasis of cancer in otherwise unspecified areas of the body (C79.5)	74
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.04)	72
Malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue (C49.2)	69
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.3)	61
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip - Other unilateral secondary osteoarthritis of hip (M16.7)	60
Benign neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage (D16.2)	58
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.05)	56

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Interdisciplinary treatment of patients with chronic pain, which partly takes place in hospital (8-91c.22)	1.358
Interdisciplinary treatment of patients with chronic pain, which partly takes place in hospital (8-91c.21)	683
Operation with the smallest possible incision into the skin and minimal tissue damage (minimally invasive) (5-986.x)	409
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	403
Surgical incision into the muscles, tendons or their connective tissue sheaths (5-850.x7)	382
Interdisciplinary treatment of patients with chronic pain, which partly takes place in hospital (8-91c.23)	378
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)	364
Other operations to secure or restore the function of a joint (5-829.jx)	353
Open surgical procedure on a joint (5-800.4h)	352
(9-984.7)	337

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2300

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

Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	2
Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0
Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	2

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

Beitritt am 02.12.2005, Abteilung Innere Medizin III (Kardiologie, Angiologie, Pneumologie)

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

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
50	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*
27	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
26	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	26 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiter: Andreas Motzkus
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Hebamme B.Sc.: Das UKHD hat 45 Studienplätze in Kooperation mit der Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ludwigshafen: Duales Studium Hebammenwissenschaft \| Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ludwigshafen (hwg-lu.de)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	65 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Barbara Suppé
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelfer und Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelferin: 15 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiter: Burkhard Götsch
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)	30 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Susanne Janknecht
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)	60 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Hildegard Hack
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	75 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Stephanie Biedenstein
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	75 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiter: Andreas Motzkus
HB14	Orthoptist (m/f)	12 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Birgit Wahl
HB19	Nursing professionals	415 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiter: Burkhard Götsch
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Das UKHD hat 10 Studienplätze in Kooperation mit der Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ludwigshafen: https://www.hwg-lu.de/studium/bachelor/pflege-studieren