Illness	Number of cases
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	128
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	86
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs (C78.0)	29
Neoplasm of uncertain or unknown behaviour of middle ear and respiratory and intrathoracic organs - Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of trachea bronchus and lung (D38.1)	28
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs - Secondary malignant neoplasm of pleura (C78.2)	25
Pleural effusion not elsewhere classified (J90)	22
Pyothorax without fistula (J86.9)	18
Other specified diseases of upper respiratory tract (J39.80)	11
(J84.10)	10
3 Pneumothorax (J93.1)	10

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	169
Examination of the chest or mediastinum by endoscopy (1-691.0)	60
Ultrasound of the lungs with access through the respiratory tract (3-05f)	60
Surgical removal of one or two lung segments - segment resection (5-323.53)	59
Surgical removal of lung tissue, without taking the anatomical divisions of the lungs into account (5-322.g1)	58
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the mediastinum and other organs in the chest through a surgical incision (1-581.4)	51
Other operations on the chest (5-349.6)	50
Insertion of a small tube (cannula) or catheter into the space between the lungs and ribs for the drainage of fluid (8-144.0)	46
Division of adhesions between the lungs and chest wall - lysis of adhesions (5-333.1)	44
(9-984.7)	43

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Department key

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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

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
38	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*
32	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
32	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Doctoral supervision
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)