Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	139
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	125
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	70
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	69
Abdominal and pelvic pain (R10.3)	55
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	48
Malignant neoplasm of rectum (C20)	41
Other functional intestinal disorders - Other constipation (K59.09)	37
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	34
Diverticular disease of intestine (K57.22)	33

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	263
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	199
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	173
Insertion of a small tube (cannula) or catheter into another organ or tissue for the drainage of fluid (8-148.0)	135
(9-984.7)	100
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	84
(9-984.8)	81
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	61
(9-984.b)	60
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	53

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500

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

Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

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.	Explanation
CQ01	CQ01 - Richtlinie über Maßnahmen zur Qualitätssicherung für die stationäre Versorgung bei der Indikation Bauchaortenaneurysma
CQ07	Weiterführende standortbezogene Informationen unter: www.perinatalzentren.org
CQ31

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

Number	Group
91	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*
63	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
63	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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Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Im Bereich des Brust- und Darmkrebszentrums nehmen wir an diversen Studien teil.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Akademische Lehreinrichtung für Angewandte Hebammenwissenschaft der Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes, University of Applied Sciences. Es besteht eine Kooperation mit der Hochschule Kaiserslautern.
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulatur und Praktika in allen Fachabteilungen. Aktives Stipendienprogramm.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Begleitender Ausbildungsbetrieb der privaten Physiotherapieschule Pirmasens (Praktikum).
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Begleitender Ausbildungsbetrieb.
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Akademische Lehreinrichtung für Angewandte Hebammenwissenschaft der Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes, University of Applied Sciences
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	26 Ausbildungsplätze
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	Begleitender Ausbildungsbetrieb (720 Einsatzstunden).
HB19	Nursing professionals	120 Ausbildungsplätze
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)