Illness	Number of cases
Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue not elsewhere classified - Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue (L98.7)	54
Fibroblastic disorders - Palmar fascial fibromatosis Dupuytren (M72.0)	43
Complications of procedures not elsewhere classified (T81.8)	30
Cellulitis (L03.10)	25
Arthrosis of first carpometacarpal joint (M18.1)	21
Other malignant neoplasms of skin (C44.3)	20
Synovitis and tenosynovitis (M65.14)	18
Mononeuropathies of upper limb (G56.0)	16
Cellulitis (L03.01)	16
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments at wrist and hand level (S63.3)	15

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a0)	94
(5-896.1f)	68
Specific dressing techniques (8-190.20)	53
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a1)	49
(9-984.7)	43
(5-896.19)	42
Operation to divide adhesions around a nerve or to relieve pressure on the nerve or to abolish the nerve function (5-056.40)	40
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	36
Surgical removal of bone tissue for purposes of transplantation (5-783.0d)	34
Operation to tighten the skin or subcutaneous tissues and remove fatty tissue, apart from the face (5-911.0b)	28

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1500

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

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

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
81	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*
62	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
61	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Physiotherapie-Schule. Ausbildung an eigenen Ausbildungsstätten.
HB13	Medical technical assistant for functional diagnostics (MTAF) (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Schule für Operationstechnische Assistenten (OTA-Schule). Ausbildung an eigenen Ausbildungsstätten.
HB19	Nursing professionals	Für die Ausbildung zur Pflegefachfrau/zum Pflegefachmann steht die Pflegeschule am Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus zur Verfügung.
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)