Illness	Number of cases
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	195
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	166
Arthrosis of first carpometacarpal joint (M18.1)	149
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	147
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI of 40 to below 50. (E66.06)	131
Fibroblastic disorders - Palmar fascial fibromatosis Dupuytren (M72.0)	110
Mononeuropathies of upper limb (G56.0)	95
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	92
Varicose veins of lower extremities (I83.9)	85
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	73

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	487
(5-98c.1)	416
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	358
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	335
Comprehensive pain control for acute pain (8-919)	278
Other surgical incision into the skin or subcutaneous tissues (5-892.19)	267
Revision operations (5-983)	253
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	223
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.45)	218
(8-831.00)	216

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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)
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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
100	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*
100	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
100	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Doctoral supervision
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks