Illness	Number of cases
Other malignant neoplasms of skin (C44.3)	40
Arthrosis of first carpometacarpal joint (M18.1)	37
Fibroblastic disorders - Palmar fascial fibromatosis Dupuytren (M72.0)	29
Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue not elsewhere classified - Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue (L98.7)	23
Mononeuropathies of upper limb (G56.0)	22
Cellulitis (L03.01)	12
Synovitis and tenosynovitis (M65.14)	11
Injury of muscle and tendon at wrist and hand level (S66.2)	9
Other malignant neoplasms of skin (C44.4)	8
Cellulitis (L03.10)	8

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	119
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	46
Operation to divide adhesions around a nerve or to relieve pressure on the nerve or to abolish the nerve function (5-056.40)	41
Other operations on the bone, muscles or joints (5-869.1)	32
Operation on the connective tissue sheaths around the muscles and tendons in the hand or fingers (5-842.71)	30
Surgical implantation of an artificial joint in the arm or shoulder (5-824.a)	28
(9-984.7)	28
Surgical removal of diseased tissue from the skin or subcutaneous tissues (5-894.04)	27
(9-984.8)	24
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.74)	20

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In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1900

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

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

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
25	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*
22	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
20	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

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals	In Kooperation mit der AGP (Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe).
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der AGP (Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe).
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der AGP (Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe).
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Anästhesietechnische Assistenten (ATA): Die Ausbildung wird in Kooperation mit der KBS Mönchengladbach (Akademie für Gesundheitsberufe) angeboten.
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Operationstechnische Assistenten (OTA). Die Ausbildung wird in Kooperation mit der KBS Mönchengladbach (Akademie für Gesundheitsberufe) angeboten.
HB21	Geriatric nurse (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der AGP (Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe).