Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	677
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	366
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	274
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	163
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	121
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	87
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.05)	63
Arthrosis of first carpometacarpal joint (M18.1)	42
Internal derangement of knee - Chronic instability of knee right knee (M23.51)	40
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee - Bilateral primary osteoarthritis of knee (M17.0)	36

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Comprehensive pain control for acute pain (8-919)	1.057
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	838
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	674
Operation using a navigation system which produces real-time 3-D images of the surgical site during the operation (5-988.3)	586
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	406
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	322
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.12)	309
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.13)	266
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	245
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.81)	243

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Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

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Main Department

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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

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
36	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*
31	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
17	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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