Illness	Number of cases
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	78
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	52
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	49
Fracture of ribs sternum and thoracic spine (S22.06)	37
Spinal osteochondrosis - Adult osteochondrosis of spine lumbar region (M42.16)	35
Osteoporosis with pathological fracture (M80.08)	30
Fracture of lumbar spine and pelvis (S32.01)	23
Spondylosis (M47.86)	17
Fracture of lumbar spine and pelvis (S32.02)	17
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	16

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	343
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	181
Other operations on the spine (5-839.60)	154
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	141
Surgical removal of diseased bone or joint tissue in the spine (5-832.4)	119
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)	116
Surgical fixation of vertebrae using devices such as screws or plates (5-835.9)	114
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.00)	107
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.10)	102
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.0)	86

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1592

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
CQ07

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*
37	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”

Accessibility

Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Doctoral supervision
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Nur Studentinnen
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)