Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	407
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	219
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	173
Other arthrosis (M19.01)	37
Acquired deformities of fingers and toes (M20.1)	27
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.53)	22
Shoulder lesions (M75.3)	12
Other arthrosis (M19.21)	10
Intracranial injury (S06.0)	10
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee - Osteoarthritis of knee unspecified (M17.9)	8

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	362
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.10)	221
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	193
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.3)	164
Other operations on the bone, muscles or joints (5-869.2)	164
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	161
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.7)	125
Open surgical procedure on a joint (5-800.a0)	103
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint (5-805.7)	86
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.4)	84

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

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8	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*
5	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
4	Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations

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