Illness	Number of cases
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of tonsils with hypertrophy of adenoids (J35.3)	242
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	223
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	177
Acute tonsillitis (J03.9)	130
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic pansinusitis (J32.4)	114
Haemorrhage from respiratory passages - Epistaxis (R04.0)	87
Peritonsillar abscess (J36)	82
Malignant neoplasm of oropharynx - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of oropharynx (C10.8)	78
Disorders of vestibular function (H81.2)	67
Benign neoplasm of major salivary glands - Benign neoplasm of parotid gland (D11.0)	65

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
(1-611.00)	553
Examination of the oesophagus by endoscopy (1-630.1)	543
Examination of the larynx by endoscopy (1-610.0)	511
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	328
Operation using lasers (5-985.1)	304
Surgical removal of the (enlarged) adenoids (without removal of the tonsils) (5-285.0)	276
(8-52e)	275
Examination of the larynx by endoscopy (1-610.2)	254
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils (without removal of the adenoids) - tonsillectomy without adenoidectomy (5-281.5)	249
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.00)	240

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2600

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Brustkrebs

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ07
CQ01

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

Number	Group
109	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*
74	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
74	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
Doctoral supervision
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	u.a. HypoSIB-Studie (MammaCa), HD-Studien (Hodgkins-Desease/Lymphome), Mukositis-Studie
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Vorlesungen, u.a. auch Beteiligung an der Ausbildung von Medizinphysik-Studenten (Master/Bachelor)
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Universität des Saarlandes, Texas Tech University, University Medical Center and Southwest Cancer Treatment Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA; Universität zu Köln; Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster;Semmelweis-Universität Budapest; University of London, Universität Heidelberg
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	HTW - Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes, HFH (Hamburger Fernhochschule)
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	z.B. Lehrbuch Klinische Radiologie Fakten, 08. Auflage, Pickuth, Dirk; Strahlentherapie, 02. Auflage, Wannemacher, Wenz, Debus, Pickuth, Dirk; "HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVES - The Essentials for Excellence in Leadership and Management", Pickuth, Dirk; Taschenbuch Onkologie, Co Autor Metzger, Ralf

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB10	Midwife (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)