Illness	Number of cases
Somatoform disorders - Pain disorder exclusively related to psychological factors (F45.41)	225
Spondylosis (M47.80)	34
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	12
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	8
Spondylosis (M47.86)	6
Zoster herpes zoster (B02.2)	4
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	4
Malignant neoplasm of base of tongue (C01)	not specified
Malignant neoplasm of floor of mouth - Malignant neoplasm of floor of mouth unspecified (C04.9)	not specified
Malignant neoplasm of tonsil - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of tonsil (C09.8)	not specified

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Interdisciplinary management of patients with chronic pain (8-918.00)	282
(9-984.7)	55
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	34
Interdisciplinary management of pain with short-term treatment (8-91b)	31
(9-984.8)	31
Interdisciplinary management of patients with chronic pain (8-918.10)	25
(9-984.b)	17
(9-984.6)	16
Examination of nerve conduction - ENG (1-206)	14
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	12

Further information about the department

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In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 3753

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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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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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