Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	90
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	37
Umbilical hernia - Umbilical hernia with obstruction without gangrene (K42.0)	24
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	18
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene recurrent (K40.91)	15
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia with obstruction without gangrene (K43.0)	14
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K43.2)	8
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic multinodular goiter (E04.2)	5
Other and unspecified ventral hernia with obstruction without gangrene (K43.60)	5
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic single thyroid nodule (E04.1)	4

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Medical monitoring of an infectious disease (1-930.1)	263
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	92
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	86
Other operations on the spermatic cord, spermatic duct or epididymis (5-639.2)	52
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.45)	48
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.33)	42
Surgical repair of a umbilical hernia (5-534.35)	34
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.21)	33
Surgical removal or destruction of diseased tissue in the nerves (5-041.7)	20
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	19

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

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11	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*
0	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
0	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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