Illness	Number of cases
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	322
Acute tonsillitis (J03.9)	168
Peritonsillar abscess (J36)	167
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	148
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic pansinusitis (J32.4)	141
Haemorrhage from respiratory passages - Epistaxis (R04.0)	135
Other hearing loss (H91.2)	111
Diseases of vocal cords and larynx not elsewhere classified - Other diseases of vocal cords (J38.3)	83
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic maxillary sinusitis (J32.0)	82
Benign neoplasm of major salivary glands - Benign neoplasm of parotid gland (D11.0)	76

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the larynx by endoscopy (1-610.0)	3.903
Examination of the nose by endoscopy (1-612)	3.637
Measurement of hearing - audiometry (1-242)	1.437
Exchange or removal of the absorbent pack used to stop bleeding (tamponade) (8-506)	816
Examination of the larynx by endoscopy (1-610.2)	697
Measurement of nasal patency (1-245)	658
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	627
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.3)	446
Examination of the oesophagus by endoscopy (1-630.1)	439
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.4)	381

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2600

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

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
36	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*
26	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”

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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Folgende Chefärzte nehmen einen Lehrauftrag an medizinischen Hochschulen wahr:

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Im Rahmen einer Kooperation mit dem Bildungscampus für Gesundheits- und Sozialberufe des St. Johannisstift in Paderborn erfolgt die Ausbildung.
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)	Im Rahmen einer Kooperation mit dem Bildungscampus für Gesundheits- und Sozialberufe des St. Johannisstift in Paderborn erfolgt die Ausbildung.
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	Im Rahmen einer Kooperation mit dem Bildungscampus für Gesundheits- und Sozialberufe des St. Johannisstift in Paderborn erfolgt die Ausbildung.
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Im Rahmen einer Kooperation mit dem Bildungscampus für Gesundheits- und Sozialberufe des St. Johannisstift in Paderborn erfolgt die Ausbildung.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Im Rahmen einer Kooperation mit dem Bildungscampus für Gesundheits- und Sozialberufe des St. Johannisstift in Paderborn erfolgt die Ausbildung.
HB19	Nursing professionals	Im Rahmen einer Kooperation mit dem Bildungscampus für Gesundheits- und Sozialberufe des St. Johannisstift in Paderborn erfolgt die Ausbildung.