Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	382
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	220
Intracranial injury (S06.0)	101
Fracture of femur (S72.01)	48
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.04)	32
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	28
Fracture of forearm (S52.51)	26
Fracture of femur (S72.11)	25
Fracture of lumbar spine and pelvis (S32.5)	24
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.05)	22

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	475
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.j1)	350
(9-984.7)	139
(9-984.8)	115
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.94)	105
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	104
(9-984.b)	102
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.02)	84
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	67
Open surgical procedure on a joint (5-800.6h)	60

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2391

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

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

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

No.	Explanation
CQ01

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

Number	Group
46	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*
42	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
23	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)	PJ nur für den Fachbereich Orthopädie/Wirbelsäulenchirurgie. Famulatur für alle Fachbereiche.
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung
HB19	Nursing professionals	Löst ab 2020 den Ausbildungsberuf zum/zur Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger/in ab.