Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	211
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	105
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	97
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	92
Erysipelas (A46)	68
Umbilical hernia - Umbilical hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K42.9)	62
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	61
Diverticular disease of intestine (K57.22)	38
Obesity - Obesity unspecified - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years and older body mass index BMI of 40 to below 50 (E66.96)	35
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis and gangrene without perforation (K35.31)	31

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	216
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.31)	211
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.13)	148
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	127
Surgical repair of a umbilical hernia (5-534.1)	120
X-rays of the large intestine with contrast medium enema (3-13a)	94
(5-98c.1)	69
Rarely used surgical technique for partial removal of the stomach (5-434.51)	58
(8-831.00)	54
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	48

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

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

Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0
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
89	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*
23	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
21	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
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	DHBW, Stuttgart: BWL-Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheits- und Pflegewissenschaften, Heidenheim: Hebammenwissenschaften, Case Management im Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen, Karlsruhe: Physician Assistant, PH Schwäbisch Gmünd: Pflegewissenschaften HS Aalen: Physician Assistant
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Uni Ulm: akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus - PJ und Famulatur
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)	1 auszubildende Person pro Jahr.
HB16	Dietician (m/f)	1 auszubildende Person pro Jahr.
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	23 auszubildende Personen (Beginn: 01.10.2024)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	1 auszubildende Person jedes Jahr.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	6 auszubildende Personen (Beginn: 01.09.2024)
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	4 auszubildende Personen pro Jahr.
HB19	Nursing professionals	30 auszubildende Personen (Beginn: 01.10.2024)
HB13	Medical technical assistant for functional diagnostics (MTAF) (m/f)	2 auszubildende Personen pro Jahr.
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	3 auszubildende Personen pro Jahr.
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)