Illness	Number of cases
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	183
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	88
Other dorsopathies not elsewhere classified - Cervicobrachial syndrome (M53.1)	78
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	75
Other deforming dorsopathies - Spondylolisthesis lumbar region (M43.16)	39
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	34
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	30
Spinal osteochondrosis - Adult osteochondrosis of spine lumbar region (M42.16)	27
Other joint disorders not elsewhere classified (M25.55)	17
Dorsalgia (M54.88)	13

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	225
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.2)	105
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.00)	102
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.10)	99
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.10)	96
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	95
Other operations on the spine (5-839.60)	84
Surgical fixation of vertebrae using devices such as screws or plates (5-835.c0)	83
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.12)	83
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.13)	83

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

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
59	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*
45	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
26	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
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)	Neue Bezeichnung Gesundheits- und Krankenpfelgehelfer/in Praktische Ausbildung
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung.