Illness	Number of cases
Senile cataract (H25.8)	996
Glaucoma (H40.1)	681
Retinal detachments and breaks (H33.0)	322
Other affections of the retina - Degeneration of the macula and posterior pole - Other degeneration of the macula and posterior pole (H35.38)	102
Glaucoma (H40.0)	61
Glaucoma (H40.5)	56
Other disorders of lens (H27.1)	49
Retinal vascular occlusions (H34.8)	43
Senile cataract - Unspecified age-related cataract (H25.9)	36
Other malignant neoplasms of skin (C44.1)	34

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	1.919
Surgical removal of the lens of the eye without the lens capsule (5-144.5a)	1.234
Measurement of the intraocular pressure (1-220.0)	673
Surgical removal of the vitreous of the eye with another access, or other operations on the vitreous (5-159.4)	513
Other operations to fix the retina after detachment (5-154.4)	262
Other operations to fix the retina after detachment (5-154.0)	260
Surgical removal and subsequent replacement of the vitreous of the eye with access via the ciliary body (5-158.22)	231
Reduction of the intraocular pressure by means of a drainage operation (5-131.63)	196
Other operations to fix the retina after detachment (5-154.2)	177
Other operations on the retina (5-156.9)	164

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2700

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

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
46	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*
35	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
33	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	Augenheilkunde: Universität Köln, Augenheilkunde: RWTH Aachen, Geriatrie: Universität Bonn, Innovationsfondprojekt SAVE & SAFE, Universität Bremen, Universität Köln, Allgemeinchirurgie: Fliedner Fachhochschule, Uni Düsseldorf, Universität Tours.
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Prof. Dr. Rößler: Famulaturbetreuung, Uni Aachen; Prof. Dr. Widder: Famulaturbetreuung und Kurse, Uni Köln; PD Dr. Lukas: Famulaturbetreuung und Kurse, Uni Düsseldorf; Dr. Hoor: Famulaturbetreuung, Uni Düsseldorf; Dr. Dajchin/Dr. Demtröder: Famulaturbetreuung, Uni Düsseldorf, Uni Heidelberg.
Doctoral supervision	Prof. Dr. Rößler: Betreuung von Promotionsstudierenden, RWTH Aachen PD Dr. Lukas: Betreuung von Promotionsstudierenden, Universität Düsseldorf Dr. Demtröder: Betreuung von Promotionsstudierenden, Universität Düsseldorf
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Prof. Dr. Rößler: Lehrauftrag Universität Aachen, Prof. Dr. Widder: Lehrauftrag Universität Köln, PD Dr. Lukas: Lehrauftrag Universität Düsseldorf, Dr. Demtröder: Lehrauftrag, Fliedner Fachhochschule (FFU) Düsseldorf
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Allgemeinchirurgie: N=2
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Dr. Demtröder:Reviewer in Journal of Frontiers in Surgery/Buchbeiträge in "Differentialdiagnostik und Differenzialtherapie in der Gynäkologie - Stuhlinkontinenz", "Referenz Notfallmedizin - Akutes Abdomen und abdominelle Trauma", "PIPAC - Pressurized IntraPerioneal Aerosol Chemotherapy".
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Allgemeinchirurgie: N=5