Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	567
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	505
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	344
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	323
Somatoform disorders - Pain disorder exclusively related to psychological factors (F45.41)	246
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	243
Osteoporosis with pathological fracture (M80.08)	140
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	132
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	65
Fibromyalgia (M79.70)	65

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	1.169
Interdisciplinary management of patients with chronic pain (8-918.14)	765
Treatment by specific positioning of the patient in bed, e.g. positioning in a sling table or special bed (8-390.3)	698
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	521
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	486
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	478
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	458
(9-984.7)	438
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.1x)	411
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.12)	407

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2300

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
49	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*
4	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
4	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	Unsere Klinik ist Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Philipps-Universität Marburg. Seit 2007 unterrichtet Herr Prof. Dr. G. Heers, als Dozent im Fachbereich Orthopädie, regelmäßig an der Uniklinik Regensburg.
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Praktika und Famulaturen sind jederzeit möglich. Es werden regelmäßig Studenten im Praktischen Jahr ausgebildet. Dafür gibt es ein ausgearbeitetes Curriculum.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Enge Zusammenarbeit mit dem Fachbereich Sportmedizin der Universität Kassel, Studentenunterricht inkl. Prüfungen für Sportstudenten. Weitere Studienprojekte sind geplant.
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Der Ärztliche Direktor, Prof. Dr. G. Heers ist Schriftleiter des offiziellen Presseorgans der Vereinigung Süddeutscher Orthopäden „Orthopädische Praxis“. Der Chefarzt der Schmerzmedizin, Dr. Böger ist an zahlreichen wissenschaftlichen Publikationen ab 2021 beteiligt.
Doctoral supervision	Doktoranden werden von Prof. Dr. Guido Heers und Herrn Dr. David Müller betreut. Der Doktorvater ist Prof. Dr. Guido Heers. Die Promotion erfolgt über die Universität Marburg.
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Der Chefarzt der Schmerzmedizin, Dr. Böger nimmt an internationalen multizentrischen Studien zum Thema Migräne und Cluster-Kopfschmerz teil.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der Vitos Kurhessen GmbH werden in unserer Klinik Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger(innen) in praktischen Pflegetätigkeiten der Bereiche Orthopädie und Chirurgie ausgebildet.
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	In Kooperation mit den Dr. Rohrbach-Schulen können in unserer Klinik Physiotherapeuten und Physiotherapeutinnen in den Bereichen der Orthopädie und Traumatologie ausgebildet werden.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der Krankenpflegeschule Vitos Merxhausen
HB19	Nursing professionals	In Kooperation mit der Krankenpflegeschule Vitos Merxhausen und dem Christliches Bildungsinstitut für Gesundheitsberufe gGmbH
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)
HB13	Medical technical assistant for functional diagnostics (MTAF) (m/f)
HB16	Dietician (m/f)
HB21	Geriatric nurse (m/f)