Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	239
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	91
Abscess of anal and rectal regions - Anal abscess (K61.0)	49
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	47
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	46
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia with obstruction without gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.30)	42
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	39
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	37
Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.20)	37
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia with obstruction without gangrene (K43.0)	35

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	250
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	205
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	177
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.33)	113
(9-984.7)	92
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	87
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.x)	79
Examination of the abdominal cavity or its organs by endoscopy (1-694)	61
Treatment procedure to maintain and encourage practical everyday and social skills - psychosocial intervention (9-401.22)	58
Examination of the S-shaped part of the large intestine (sigmoid colon) by endoscopy (1-651)	56

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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
81	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*
53	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
39	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	Dozenturen/Lehrbeauftragungen an folgenden Hochschulen und Universitäten: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Vorlesung, Seminare, Studierende im Praktischen Jahr sowie während der Famulatur
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Studie zum Einfluss der Synovialitis auf das Outcome bei Knie-Arthroskopien in Kooperation mit dem Universitätsklinikum Freiburg (AGA-Förderung)
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	VIKEP-Studie in Kooperation mit B.Braun unter Leitung des Universitätsklinikums Rostock REVISAR
Doctoral supervision	Abgeschlossene und laufenden Promotionen.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)