Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	587
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	447
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	98
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.04)	94
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.3)	87
Congenital deformities of hip (Q65.8)	75
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.05)	69
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip - Other unilateral secondary osteoarthritis of hip (M16.7)	63
Other arthrosis (M19.01)	52
Fracture of forearm (S52.51)	45

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	570
Operation with the smallest possible incision into the skin and minimal tissue damage (minimally invasive) (5-986.x)	538
Open surgical procedure on a joint (5-800.ag)	456
Open surgical procedure on a joint (5-800.ah)	354
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.94)	342
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.02)	224
(9-984.7)	219
Operation on the kneecap (patella) or its ligaments (5-804.5)	215
Interdisciplinary measures for early postoperative treatment and early rehabilitation of ill elderly people (8-550.1)	183
Surgical fixation of the bone fragments, e.g. in fractures, using devices such as screws or plates (5-786.0)	168

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2300 , 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

Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

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

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

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
36	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*
30	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
30	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
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	NISCI-Studie, EMSCI-Studie
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	EMSCI- Multicenterstudie Universität Zürich
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	DYNORFUSE-Studie
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Studentenausbildung (Famulanten) an der Orthopädischen Klinik Hessisch Lichtenau

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Krankenpflegehilfeschule, Ausbildungsbeginn jährlich
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Physiotherapie-Schule, Ausbildungsbeginn jährlich
HB19	Nursing professionals	In Kooperation
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)