Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	148
Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.20)	121
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI of 40 to below 50. (E66.06)	95
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	62
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	49
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	47
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	46
Umbilical hernia - Umbilical hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K42.9)	35
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K43.2)	32
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	31

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	333
(5-98c.1)	251
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	240
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	179
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)	161
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.31)	140
(8-831.00)	117
Rarely used surgical technique for partial removal of the stomach (5-434.51)	106
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	97
(9-984.7)	81

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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

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
88	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”

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Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	In allen Abteilungen des Krankenhauses werden Famulaturen durchgeführt. Das Krankenhaus ist akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Hamburg und der Universität Rzeszów (Polen) und bildet PJ-Studenten aus.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Die Berufsbezeichnung hat sich geändert in Pflegefachfrau und Pflegefachmann
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	In Kooperation mit den BB-Schulen
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Seit 2023 ist die Berufsbezeichnung: Pflegeassistentin und Pflegeassistentin in Kooperation mit BBS Buchholz /Winsen
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	In Kooperation mit dem DRK
HB19	Nursing professionals	GSBZ
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	BHH, HS Bremen, Ostfalia HS
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)	Schulische Ausbildung mit Praktikas, die in unseren Häusern durchgeführt werden können.
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	In Kooperation mit dem UK Eppendorf