Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	300
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	203
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	181
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI of 40 to below 50. (E66.06)	131
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	109
Abscess of anal and rectal regions - Anal abscess (K61.0)	98
Umbilical hernia - Umbilical hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K42.9)	87
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	82
Pilonidal cyst (L05.0)	75
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K43.2)	69

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	356
Other surgical incision into the skin or subcutaneous tissues (5-892.1b)	341
(5-98c.1)	306
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	304
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.d3)	282
(9-984.7)	243
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.21)	239
Insertion of a small tube (cannula) or catheter into the space between the lungs and ribs for the drainage of fluid (8-144.2)	219
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.e3)	181
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	181

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500 , 1520 , 3757

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Brustkrebs

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

No.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ05

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

Number	Group
186	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*
116	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
113	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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Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Phase II-Studien
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Praxiseinsätze für Auszubildende der Physiotherapie in Zusammenarbeit mit "DIE SCHULE für Berufe mit Zukunft IFBE med. GmbH" Köln und SRH Fachschule für Physiotherapie, Leverkusen
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung in Kooperation mit dem GBZ Gesundheits- und Bildungszentrum Klinikum Oberberg in Gummersbach
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Studium Hebbamenkunde B.Sc. in Zusammenarbeit mit unseren Kooperationspartnern Flied´ner Fachhochschule in Düsseldorf sowie der Universität Köln
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung in Kooperation mit der Schule für operative Fachberufe der Kaiserswerther Diakonie in Düsseldorf