Illness	Number of cases
Haemorrhage from respiratory passages - Epistaxis (R04.0)	90
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	82
Benign neoplasm of major salivary glands - Benign neoplasm of parotid gland (D11.0)	77
Peritonsillar abscess (J36)	75
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	73
Chronic sinusitis - Other chronic sinusitis (J32.8)	71
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic pansinusitis (J32.4)	53
Suppurative and unspecified otitis media (H66.1)	49
Diseases of salivary glands (K11.2)	31
Cholesteatoma of middle ear (H71)	30

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of hearing - audiometry (1-242)	493
Exchange or removal of the absorbent pack used to stop bleeding (tamponade) (8-506)	433
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.4)	269
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.00)	221
Measurement of smell and taste (1-247)	180
(1-611.00)	171
Surgical removal or reconstruction of the nasal septum (5-214.6)	168
Examination of the oesophagus by endoscopy (1-630.1)	145
Surgical opening or drainage, from the oral cavity, of a pus-filled abscess in the throat (5-280.0)	141
Revision operations (5-983)	136

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2600

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

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
43	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*
43	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
43	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	In allen Abteilungen des Krankenhauses werden Famulaturen durchgeführt. Das Krankenhaus ist akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Hamburg und bildet PJ-Studenten aus.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Nicht Krankenpfleger*in aber Pflegeassistentin und Pflegeassistent
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	In Kooperation mit dem DRK
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.