Illness	Number of cases
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	78
Pleural effusion not elsewhere classified (J90)	59
Pyothorax without fistula (J86.9)	42
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	32
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs (C78.0)	21
Mesothelioma - Mesothelioma of pleura (C45.0)	18
Neoplasm of uncertain or unknown behaviour of middle ear and respiratory and intrathoracic organs - Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of trachea bronchus and lung (D38.1)	15
3 Pneumothorax (J93.1)	12
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs - Secondary malignant neoplasm of pleura (C78.2)	11
3 Pneumothorax - Spontaneous tension pneumothorax (J93.0)	9

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	343
Comprehensive pain control for acute pain (8-919)	113
Surgical removal of the pleura (5-344.40)	109
Insertion of a small tube (cannula) or catheter into the space between the lungs and ribs for the drainage of fluid (8-144.0)	98
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	69
Surgical incision into the chest wall or pleura (5-340.0)	66
Other operations on the chest (5-349.6)	60
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.x)	56
Insertion of a small tube (cannula) or catheter into the space between the lungs and ribs for the drainage of fluid (8-144.1)	55
Division of adhesions between the lungs and chest wall - lysis of adhesions (5-333.1)	48

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2000

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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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 participation

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

Number	Group
43	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*
40	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
37	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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Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)