Illness	Number of cases
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	208
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic multinodular goiter (E04.2)	163
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	148
Shoulder lesions (M75.4)	103
Other arthrosis (M19.01)	99
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	98
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	89
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic single thyroid nodule (E04.1)	64
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	57
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	49

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Comprehensive pain control for acute pain (8-919)	599
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.3)	364
Other operations on the thyroid gland or parathyroid glands (5-069.40)	356
Other joint surgery by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-819.10)	299
Other joint surgery by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-819.00)	276
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.7)	273
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	270
(8-831.00)	227
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	224
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	198

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500

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

Diabetes mellitus Typ 2

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
28	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*
20	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Prof. Dr. Christiane Szliska: Universität Bochum; PD Prof. hon. Dr. Stephan El Gammal: Universität Bochum, Prof. Dr. Steffen Schröter: Universität Bonn und Tübingen
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Strukturierte Facharztweiterbildung

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung
HB19	Nursing professionals	Diakonie in Südwestfalen Pflegebildungszentrum Virchowstraße 13 57074 Siegen
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)	In Kooperation mit Uniklinik Gießen
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	In Kooperation mit Lüdenscheid