Illness	Number of cases
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	132
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	106
Intracranial injury (S06.5)	67
Intracranial injury (S06.6)	47
Dorsalgia - Radiculopathy lumbosacral region (M54.17)	46
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	45
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	40
Cerebral aneurysm nonruptured (I67.10)	33
Cervical disc disorders (M50.1)	33
Malignant neoplasm of brain - Malignant neoplasm of frontal lobe (C71.1)	25

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	475
Operation using a navigation system which produces real-time 3-D images of the surgical site during the operation (5-988.0)	384
Surgical incision into the spinal canal (5-033.0)	228
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.00)	189
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.20)	165
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.10)	164
Distraction of the ends of the bone in a skull fracture (8-410.1)	156
Surgical opening of the top of the skull (5-010.2)	134
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.0)	132
Surgical opening of the top of the skull (5-010.00)	125

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1700

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

Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

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

No.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ05
CQ25
CQ31

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

Number	Group
291	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*
176	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
63	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung an.
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung an. Seit 01.10.2023 eigene OTA-Schule.
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung an.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Berufsbezeichnung seit 2019 Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelfer/-in.
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Seit 01.10.2023 eigene ATA-Schule.