Illness	Number of cases
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	975
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	807
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee - Osteoarthritis of knee unspecified (M17.9)	803
Internal derangement of knee (M23.23)	558
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.53)	494
Internal derangement of knee (M23.33)	433
Shoulder lesions (M75.4)	313
Other disorders of cartilage (M94.26)	262
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	234
Synovitis and tenosynovitis (M65.86)	226

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Comprehensive pain control for acute pain (8-919)	2.451
Operation on the synovium by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-811.2h)	2.395
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.5)	1.557
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.eh)	1.538
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	1.080
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.5)	952
Open surgical procedure on a joint (5-800.4h)	825
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	818
Other operations on the muscles, tendons, their connective tissue sheaths or bursae (5-859.1x)	721
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.3)	710

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Department key

Department key: 2300

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

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
54	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*
50	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
48	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Prof. Jörg Braun; Semmelweis-Universität (Budapest/Ungarn), Asklepios Medical Campus Hamburg, UKSH Campus Lübeck
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Prof. Jörg Braun, u.a. Basislehrbuch Innere Medizin, Klinikleitfaden Innere Medizin, Klinikleitfaden Intensivmedizin
Doctoral supervision	Prof. Jörg Braun

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB21	Geriatric nurse (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)