Illness	Number of cases
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	109
Dorsalgia - Radiculopathy site unspecified (M54.10)	63
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	53
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	47
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	40
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	34
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	32
Dorsalgia - Radiculopathy lumbar region (M54.16)	29
Other arthrosis (M19.05)	28
Fracture of ribs sternum and thoracic spine (S22.06)	15

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	299
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.13)	210
Treatment by the targeted insertion of a needle into a joint with subsequent administration or removal of substances, e.g. fluid (8-158.e)	179
Treatment procedure to maintain and encourage practical everyday and social skills - psychosocial intervention (9-401.22)	142
Computer-assisted analysis of the images with 3D-analysis (3-990)	140
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.12)	139
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	111
(9-984.7)	106
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	103
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	79

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

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.	Explanation
CQ01

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

Number	Group
46	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*
36	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
23	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	Zu verschiedenen medizinischen Fachbereichen an folgenden Hochschulen: - Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster - Universität Witten/Herdecke - Universitätsklinik Essen - Universität Bonn Medizinische Fakultät Universität Witten/Herdecke - Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Absolvierung aller Tertiale in den Pflichtbereichen - Chirurgie in 3 operativen Kliniken - Innere Medizin in 3 medizinischen Kliniken Wahlbereich - Neurologie - Orthopädisch-Traumatologische Zentrum - Anästhesiologie - Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie
Doctoral supervision	Betreuung medizinischer Dissertationen in den jeweiligen Fachbereichen.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Zu den verschiedensten Themen in Medizin, Pflege und Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Es werden 105 Ausbildungsplätze für Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger angeboten. Die praktische Ausbildung erfolgt am St. Marien-Hospital Hamm. Die theoretische Ausbildung wird am Canisius Campus Dortmund gGmbH durchgeführt.
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Es stehen Praktikantenplätze zur Verfügung.
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Es stehen Praktikantenplätze zur Verfügung.
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	2 Ausbildungsplätze in Kooperation mit einer anerkannten Ausbildungsstätte.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	10 Ausbildungsplätze im 1-jährigen Ausbildungszweig "Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegeassistenz" in Kooperation mit dem Canisius Campus Dortmund gGmbH
HB11	Podiatrist (m/f)	Es stehen Praktikantenplätze zur Verfügung.