Illness	Number of cases
Arthrosis of first carpometacarpal joint (M18.1)	45
Fibroblastic disorders - Palmar fascial fibromatosis Dupuytren (M72.0)	40
Mononeuropathies of upper limb (G56.0)	13
Polyarthrosis - Bouchards nodes with arthropathy (M15.2)	13
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments at wrist and hand level (S63.3)	12
Injury of muscle and tendon at wrist and hand level (S66.1)	8
Polyarthrosis - Heberdens nodes with arthropathy (M15.1)	7
Other arthrosis (M19.03)	6
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments at wrist and hand level (S63.11)	6
Other osteochondropathies - Kienbocks disease of adults (M93.1)	5

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Revision operations (5-983)	46
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	46
(5-86a.00)	34
Operation to divide adhesions around a nerve or to relieve pressure on the nerve or to abolish the nerve function (5-056.40)	29
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	28
Operation on the connective tissue sheaths around the muscles and tendons in the hand or fingers (5-842.71)	25
Surgical removal or restoration of the joints of the hand apart from the wrist (5-847.32)	21
Surgical stiffening of a joint (ankylosis) (5-808.6)	17
Operation on the ligaments of the hand (5-841.61)	17
Surgical implantation of an artificial joint in the arm or shoulder (5-824.a)	16

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Department key: 3700

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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
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*
39	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
36	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)	Famulaturen

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	durch Physiosport 360°
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	durch Physiosport 360°
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	MTRA Schule Med 360°
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)