Illness	Number of cases
Peritonsillar abscess (J36)	183
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	133
Haemorrhage from respiratory passages - Epistaxis (R04.0)	105
Chronic sinusitis - Other chronic sinusitis (J32.8)	87
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	75
Other hearing loss (H91.2)	73
Benign neoplasm of major salivary glands - Benign neoplasm of parotid gland (D11.0)	70
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of tonsils with hypertrophy of adenoids (J35.3)	69
Acute tonsillitis (J03.9)	65
Diseases of vocal cords and larynx not elsewhere classified - Edema of larynx (J38.4)	58

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	566
Examination of the oesophagus and the stomach by endoscopy (1-631.0)	488
Measurement of hearing - audiometry (1-242)	474
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	406
Revision operations (5-983)	270
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.00)	261
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.4)	217
Exchange or removal of the absorbent pack used to stop bleeding (tamponade) (8-506)	217
Surgical removal or reconstruction of the nasal septum (5-214.70)	215
Computed tomography of the neck with contrast medium (3-221)	214

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2600

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
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
35	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*
3	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
3	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Peter L. Reichertz Institut für Medizinische Informatik (PLRI) Institut für Industriebau und konstruktives Entwerfen (IIKE)
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
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover und dem Friederikenstift Hannover.
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Der duale Studiengang "Angewandte Pflegewissenschaft im Praxisverbund" wird angeboten