Illness	Number of cases
Cellulitis (L03.01)	93
Cellulitis (L03.10)	77
Fibroblastic disorders - Palmar fascial fibromatosis Dupuytren (M72.0)	71
Fracture at wrist and hand level (S62.63)	47
Injury of muscle and tendon at wrist and hand level (S66.3)	45
Open wound of wrist and hand (S61.0)	41
Open wound of wrist and hand (S61.80)	40
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments at wrist and hand level (S63.4)	37
Mononeuropathies of upper limb (G56.0)	36
Traumatic amputation of wrist and hand (S68.1)	35

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	545
(5-896.19)	258
High pressure (hyperbaric) oxygen administration - HBO (8-721.0)	185
(5-896.09)	149
Other operations on the hand (5-849.1)	100
Surgical fixation of the bone fragments, e.g. in fractures, using devices such as screws or plates (5-786.1)	98
(5-86a.00)	90
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a1)	83
(5-896.1f)	77
Skin grafting from the area around the wound (5-903.99)	77

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1900

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Chronische obstruktive Lungenerkrankung (COPD)

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
89	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*
78	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
76	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	Priv.-Doz. Dr. F. Kutscha-Lissberg, Universität Bochum Priv.-Doz. Dr. J. Stattaus, Universität Essen Priv.-Doz. Dr. C. Brenke, Universität Bochum Prof. Dr. M. Altintas, med. Hochschule Hannover Priv.-Doz. Dr. M. Utech, Uniklinik Münster

Training