Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee - Osteoarthritis of knee unspecified (M17.9)	1.105
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	895
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	552
Internal derangement of knee (M23.33)	325
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.53)	305
Shoulder lesions (M75.4)	296
Internal derangement of knee (M23.23)	275
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	229
Other disorders of cartilage (M94.26)	187
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip - Bilateral osteoarthritis resulting from hip dysplasia (M16.2)	152

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Comprehensive pain control for acute pain (8-919)	2.406
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.5)	1.464
Operation on the synovium by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-811.2h)	1.400
Open surgical procedure on a joint (5-800.4h)	1.094
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	1.051
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.5)	930
Other operations on the muscles, tendons, their connective tissue sheaths or bursae (5-859.1x)	929
Open surgical procedure on a joint (5-800.5g)	921
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	893
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.eh)	884

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

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
98	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*
90	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
88	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	Prof. Jörg Braun; Semmelweis-Universität (Budapest/Ungarn), UKSH Campus Lübeck, Prof. Nils Hansen-Algenstaedt;UKE Prof. Alf Giese; Universität Hamburg Prof. Hans Hoerauf; Universitätsmedizin Göttingen Prof. Matthias Lüke; Universität zu Lübeck
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
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)