Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	138
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	125
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	106
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	61
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	56
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	52
Umbilical hernia - Umbilical hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K42.9)	43
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia - Ileus unspecified (K56.7)	39
Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.20)	39
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K43.2)	36

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	306
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.31)	246
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	208
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	179
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.44)	132
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	112
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	85
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)	84
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a0)	75
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a3)	73

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

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

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
55	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*
55	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
55	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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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	In allen Abteilungen des Krankenhauses werden Famulaturen durchgeführt. Das Krankenhaus ist akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Hamburg und bildet PJ-Studenten aus.
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Teilnahme an Student- und Fachweiterbildungskursen für Ärzte
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Neurologische Abteilung: Convince Studie (Schlaganfall Studie), endet 2023. Gefäßchirurgie: ODNI Studie 21/22 zurzeit in Auswertung.
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Mitglied editorila Board Zeitschrift Gefäßchirurgie (Springer Verlag) und der Wundmnagment (MHP Verlag)
Doctoral supervision	Gefäßchirurgie: 2 Doktorranden UKE

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Nicht Krankenpfleger*in aber Pflegeassistentin und Pflegeassistent
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	In Kooperation mit dem DRK
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.