Illness	Number of cases
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of tonsils with hypertrophy of adenoids (J35.3)	221
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of adenoids (J35.2)	186
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	153
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	128
Haemorrhage from respiratory passages - Epistaxis (R04.0)	121
Peritonsillar abscess (J36)	80
Other malignant neoplasms of skin (C44.3)	51
Other hearing loss (H91.2)	45
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic pansinusitis (J32.4)	44
Haemorrhage from respiratory passages - Hemorrhage from throat (R04.1)	38

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of the (enlarged) adenoids (without removal of the tonsils) (5-285.0)	358
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	294
Surgical incision into the eardrum (tympanic membrane) (5-200.5)	284
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils (without removal of the adenoids) - tonsillectomy without adenoidectomy (5-281.5)	228
Measurement of hearing - audiometry (1-242)	226
Examination of the larynx by endoscopy (1-610.2)	226
Treatment by washing out (irrigating) the ear (8-171.0)	223
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.4)	183
Exchange or removal of the absorbent pack used to stop bleeding (tamponade) (8-506)	175
Other surgical incision into the skin or subcutaneous tissues (5-892.15)	168

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2600

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

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

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

No.	Explanation
CQ29

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

Number	Group
67	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*
36	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
20	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
Doctoral supervision
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB16	Dietician (m/f)
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB13	Medical technical assistant for functional diagnostics (MTAF) (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)