Illness	Number of cases
Fibroblastic disorders - Palmar fascial fibromatosis Dupuytren (M72.0)	33
Arthrosis of first carpometacarpal joint (M18.1)	12
Syndactyly (Q70.0)	7
Other congenital musculoskeletal deformities - Congenital deformity of fingers and hand (Q68.1)	5
Polydactyly - Accessory thumbs (Q69.1)	4
Benign lipomatous neoplasm (D17.2)	not specified
Benign neoplasm of other and unspecified sites (D36.1)	not specified
Neoplasm of uncertain or unknown behaviour of other and unspecified sites - Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of connective and other soft tissue (D48.1)	not specified
Mononeuropathies of upper limb (G56.0)	not specified
Mononeuropathies of upper limb (G56.2)	not specified

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	90
Revision operations (5-983)	19
Other operations on the hand (5-849.1)	15
Operation on the connective tissue sheaths around the muscles and tendons in the hand or fingers (5-842.71)	14
Skin grafting from the area around the wound (5-903.99)	14
Operation on the connective tissue sheaths around the muscles and tendons in the hand or fingers (5-842.70)	10
Free skin flap grafting [site of removal and nature of the graft] (5-902.29)	10
Free skin flap grafting [site of removal and nature of the graft] (5-902.69)	10
Operation to divide adhesions around a nerve or to relieve pressure on the nerve or to abolish the nerve function (5-056.40)	8
Surgical removal or restoration of the joints of the hand apart from the wrist (5-847.32)	8

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

Number	Group
38	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*
38	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
38	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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