Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	451
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	331
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.05)	99
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.5)	56
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.04)	54
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.3)	39
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	36
Spondylosis - Other spondylosis with radiculopathy lumbar region (M47.26)	34
Dorsalgia - Radiculopathy lumbar region (M54.16)	34
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	28

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	729
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	414
Other operations to secure or restore the function of a joint (5-829.jx)	348
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	237
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.94)	129
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	126
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.12)	118
Operation on the synovium by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-811.2h)	103
(9-984.7)	102
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.5)	79

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2300

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
40	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*
29	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
8	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)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Doctoral supervision
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)