Illness	Number of cases
Other diseases of biliary tract - Obstruction of bile duct (K83.1)	193
Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver (K74.6)	94
Alcoholic liver disease (K70.3)	91
Ascites (R18)	45
Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts - Liver cell carcinoma (C22.0)	36
Other diseases of the bile ducts - Cholangitis - Other cholangitis (K83.08)	33
Liver failure not elsewhere classified - Chronic liver failure not elsewhere classified - Acute-on-chronic liver failure not elsewhere classified (K72.10)	31
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29.6)	29
Calculus of bile duct without cholangitis or cholecystitis with obstruction (K80.51)	29
Other and unspecified infectious diseases (B99)	28

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	1.985
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	522
Examination of the oesophagus by endoscopy (1-630.1)	451
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	269
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.1)	256
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.1)	242
Examination of the S-shaped part of the large intestine (sigmoid colon) by endoscopy (1-651)	199
Examination of the biliary tract by X-ray examination with contrast medium during endoscopy of the duodenum (1-640)	196
Insertion of a small tube (cannula) or catheter into another organ or tissue for the drainage of fluid (8-148.0)	180
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.9)	165

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0700 , 0107 , 0151 , 3601

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

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

No.	Explanation
CQ03
CQ01
CQ02
CQ05
CQ08

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

Number	Group
657	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*
45	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
26	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	134 Universitätsprofessuren (W1, W2, W3) 187 apl-Professoren 215 Privatdozenten 61 Lehrbeauftragte
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Humanmedizin: 2112 Studierende Übrige Studiengänge: 778 Studierende
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Es existiert eine Vielzahl von Kooperationen zwischen den verschiedenen Lehrstühlen der Fakultät und in- und ausländischen Hochschulen und Universitäten. Die Forschungsberichte der einzelnen Kliniken und Institute sind auf unserer Homepage unter www.ukaachen.de - Kliniken & Institute zu finden.
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Details unter: www.ukaachen.de - Kliniken & Institute
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Details unter: www.ukaachen.de - Kliniken & Institute
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Dazu wird auf die Forschungsberichte der einzelnen Kliniken und Institute verwiesen, die unter www.ukaachen.de - Kliniken & Institute zu finden sind.
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Professoren der Medizinischen Fakultät fungierten bei rund 60 wissenschaftlichen Journalen als Herausgeber bzw. Mitherausgeber (z. B. Nervenarzt, Nephrology etc.).
Doctoral supervision	Verpflichtende Betreuungsvereinbarung seit 2010, die mindestens ein Jahr vor Abgabe der Promotion vorliegen muss und in der die Rechte und Pflichten von Betreuer und Doktorand klar geregelt sind.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Schule für Physiotherapie Tel: +49 241 80 88039 Fax:+49 241 80 82503 E-Mail: physiotherapie-schule@ukaachen.de
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)	Schule für Logopädie Tel.:+49 241 80 89967 Fax.:+49 241 80 82503 E-Mail: logopaedie@ukaachen.de
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)	Schule für Medizinisch Technische Laboratoriums- und Radiologieassistenten/innen Tel.:+49 241 80 88094 E-Mail: eschoenen@ukaachen.de
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Schule für Medizinisch Technische Laboratoriums- und Radiologieassistenten/innen Tel.:+49 241 80 85988 E-Mail: mwiertz@ukaachen.de Tel.:+49 241 80 35955 E-Mail: ioffenhaeusser@ukaachen.de
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Bewerbungsmanagement – Personalmanagement Pflegedirektion Telefon:+49 241 80-85834 E-Mail: csack@ukaachen.de
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Bewerbungsmanagement – Personalmanagement Pflegedirektion Telefon:+49 241 80-85834 E-Mail: csack@ukaachen.de
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Ausbildungsakademie für Pflegeberufe Telefon:+49 241 80 89484 Fax:+49 241 80 82534 E-Mail: pflegeschule@ukaachen.de
HB19	Nursing professionals	Ausbildungsakademie für Pflegeberufe Telefon:+49 241 80 89484 Fax:+49 241 80 82534 E-Mail: pflegeschule@ukaachen.de
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Institut für Hebammenwissenschaft an der Medizinischen Fakultät der RWTH Aachen University und der Uniklinik RWTH Aachen Tel.: 0241 80-85211 hebammenstudiengang@ukaachen.de
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Ausbildungsakademie für Pflegeberufe Telefon:+49 241 80 89484 Fax:+49 241 80 82534 E-Mail: pflegeschule@ukaachen.de
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)	Ausbildungsakademie für Pflegeberufe Telefon:+49 241 80 89484 E-Mail: pflegeschule@ukaachen.de