Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	102
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	95
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	50
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	33
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	27
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis and gangrene without perforation (K35.31)	26
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	17
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia with obstruction without gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.30)	14
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia (K56.5)	14
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene recurrent (K40.91)	12

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	142
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.13)	116
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.31)	105
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	94
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	63
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a0)	53
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.10)	50
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	45
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	39
Comprehensive pain control for acute pain (8-919)	37

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In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1594

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
35	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*
33	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
29	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	Universität Münster: - Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. H. Wedekind (Kardiologie) - Prof. Dr. med. F. Schmäl (Zentrum HNO Münster/Greven) - Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. C. Kösters (Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie) Uniklinik Köln: - Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. C. Eichler (Klinik für Brusterkrankung)
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	Pflegedirektion: Hr. Apken übt eine Lehrtätigkeit im Bereich Pflegemanagement an der FH Münster aus.
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	- Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin; Innere Medizin, Kardiologie - Zentrum für HNO Greven (Belegarztpraxis) - Viszeralchirurgie, Unfallchirurgie
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	- Zentrum für HNO Münster/Greven (Belegarztpraxis) - Kardiologie PD Dr. med. Wedekind: Klinikum Rheine (Versorgung von Patienten mit pulmonaler Hypertonie) - Unfallchirurgie PD Dr. med. Kösters: Uniklinikum Münster (klinische und biomechanische Studien)
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Die Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie nimmt an klinischen Multicenterstudien (z.B. Meniskus-Allografttransplantation) teil und hat mehrere klinische Studien initiiert.
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision	- Kardiologie: Doktorandenbetreuung und Dissertationvergaben in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Universitätsklinikum Münster - Unfallchirurgie /Orthopädie: Doktorandenbetreuung

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Generalistische Pflegeausbildung -Pflegefachfrau/Pflegefachmann in der stationären/ambulanten Akutpflege (Setting: Krankenhaus; 10 Ausbildungsplätze pro Jahr) -Pflegefachfrau/Pflegefachmann in der ambulanten Langzeitpflege (Setting: Ambulanter Pflegedienst, 1-2 Ausbildungsplätze pro Jahr)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Wir bieten 2 Ausbildungsplätze pro Jahr in Kooperation mit dem IBiG (= Institut für Bildung im Gesundheitswesen) in Hamm.
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	Im Rahmen der 3-jährigen Ausbildung bietet das Maria-Josef-Hospital die Möglichkeit für die praktischen Ausbildungsinhalte. Bewerbungsmöglichkeit ist ganzjährig gegeben.
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Wir bieten Ausbildungsplätze pro Jahr in Kooperation mit dem Institut für Bildung im Gesundheitswesen in Hamm und Niels-Stensen-Kliniken in Osnabrück an. Bewerbungsmöglichkeit ist ganzjährig gegeben. Die Ausbildung in Osnabrück umfasst die Bereiche OTA und ATA.