Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	257
Internal derangement of knee (M23.32)	151
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	114
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	73
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	71
Shoulder lesions (M75.4)	43
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	40
Other disorders of cartilage (M94.26)	40
Other disorders of synovium and tendon (M67.86)	36
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.2)	33

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.5)	229
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	220
Operation on the synovium by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-811.0h)	210
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.eh)	191
(9-984.7)	185
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.12)	159
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.13)	142
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.5)	125
(9-984.8)	124
Operation on the synovium by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-811.3h)	109

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1600

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ01

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
60	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*
52	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
51	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

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals	Für die dreijährige gerneralistische Pflegeausbildung stehen jährlich zur Verfügung. Kontakt: Kirchliche Bildungszentrum für Gesundheitsberufe im Revier GmbH, Virchowstraße 118, 45886 Gelsenkirchen, Tel.: 0209 - 172 2101, Fax: 0209 - 172 2116, Web: https://www.kbg-gelsenkirchen.de
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Für die dreijährige gerneralistische Pflegeausbildung stehen jährlich zur Verfügung. Kontakt: Kirchliche Bildungszentrum für Gesundheitsberufe im Revier GmbH, Virchowstraße 118, 45886 Gelsenkirchen, Tel.: 0209 - 172 2101, Fax: 0209 - 172 2116, Web: https://www.kbg-gelsenkirchen.de