Illness	Number of cases
Haemorrhoids and perianal venous thrombosis - Third degree hemorrhoids (K64.2)	134
Other diseases of anus and rectum - Anal prolapse (K62.2)	124
Fissure and fistula of anal and rectal regions - Anal fistula (K60.3)	115
Abscess of anal and rectal regions - Anal abscess (K61.0)	101
Fissure and fistula of anal and rectal regions - Chronic anal fissure (K60.1)	76
Haemorrhoids and perianal venous thrombosis - Fourth degree hemorrhoids (K64.3)	53
Pilonidal cyst (L05.0)	49
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	40
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	39
Haemorrhoids and perianal venous thrombosis - Perianal venous thrombosis (K64.5)	33

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical incision into or removal of tissue from the anus (5-490.1)	223
Surgical removal or destruction of diseased tissue in the anal region (5-492.01)	145
(5-493.21)	77
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	75
Surgical treatment of piles (haemorrhoids) (5-493.5)	71
(5-493.20)	70
Surgical removal or destruction of diseased tissue in the anal region (5-492.00)	65
Surgical eradication of a pilonidal sinus (5-897.0)	64
Surgical treatment of abnormal passages in the region of the anus (anal fistula) (5-491.12)	54
(9-984.7)	53

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

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
27	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*
18	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
18	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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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Doctoral supervision
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	Universität des Saarlandes; Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster; Semmelweis-Universität Budapest; University of London, Universität Heidelberg
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	z.B. Lehrbuch Klinische Radiologie Fakten, 07. Auflage, Pickuth, Dirk; Strahlentherapie, 02. Auflage, Wannemacher, Wenz, Debus, Pickuth, Dirk; "HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVES - The Essentials for Excellence in Leadership and Management", Pickuth, Dirk; Taschenbuch Onkologie, Co Autor Metzger, Ralf