Illness	Number of cases
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	257
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	44
Other dorsopathies not elsewhere classified - Cervicobrachial syndrome (M53.1)	38
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	36
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	33
Spondylosis - Other spondylosis with radiculopathy lumbar region (M47.26)	21
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	19
Somatoform disorders - Pain disorder exclusively related to psychological factors (F45.41)	9
Osteoporosis with pathological fracture (M80.98)	8
Dorsalgia - Radiculopathy lumbar region (M54.16)	7

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Treatment of muscles, ligaments, or the skeletal system by the external application of shock waves (8-115.x)	326
Examination of the gait with various instruments for gait disturbances (1-798.0)	254
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	205
Interdisciplinary management the musculoskeletal system without surgery (8-977)	156
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a joint of the spine (8-917.13)	127
Pain control by injecting an anaesthetic around a nerve root or nerve close to the spine (8-914.12)	118
Interdisciplinary management of patients with chronic pain (8-918.01)	104
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.5)	93
(9-984.7)	89
Interdisciplinary management of patients with chronic pain (8-918.10)	80

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2300

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

Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

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.	Explanation
CQ28

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

Number	Group
63	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*
51	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
43	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Chefarzt der Klinik für Urologie Prof. Dr. Gerald Haupt: Universität zu Köln, Lehrangebote Urologie
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Kooperation mit der Universität Neumarkt am Mieresch, Campus Hamburg für die praktische Arztausbildung
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulatur

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals	eigene Schule, staatlich anerkannt, Grundlage: Pflegeberufegesetz. Die Ausbildung zur Pflegefachfrau / zum Pflegefachmann ist zugelassen nach der "Akkreditierungs- und Zulassungsverordnung Arbeitsförderung" (AZAV, SGB III).
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der ATA/OTA Schule am Klinikum Ludwigshafen
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	In Kooperation mit den Schulen für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe des Klinikums Ludwigshafen; Träger der praktischen Ausbildung
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der MT-Schule am Klinikum Ludwigshafen
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der MT-Schule am Klinikum Ludwigshafen
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	eigene Schule staatlich anerkannt, Grundlage: Ergotherapeutengesetz
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Kooperation mit dem Bildungszentrum am Marienhaus Klinikum Hetzelstift in Neustadt/ Weinstraße, Gesamtverantwortung: Pflegedirektion
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	eigene Schule staatlich anerkannt, Grundlage: Physiotherapeuten- und Masseurgesetz. Begleitendes Studium mgl. Abschluss: Bachelor of Science Physiotherapie (B.Sc.)