Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	66
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	56
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	55
Other functional intestinal disorders - Other constipation (K59.09)	49
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	41
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	40
Diverticular disease of intestine (K57.22)	31
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	30
Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.20)	23
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia (K56.5)	21

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	148
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	88
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.10)	77
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)	75
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	70
(9-984.8)	64
(9-984.7)	58
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	53
Surgical repair of a umbilical hernia (5-534.03)	45
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	45

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500

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

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

No.	Explanation
CQ06

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

Number	Group
80	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*
80	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
80	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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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Das AKH Viersen ist Lehrkrankenhaus der Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf.
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Wir stellen einen Praxisplatz für die Ausbildung zum/zur ATA zur Verfügung.
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Wir stellen Praxisplätze für die Ausbildung zum/zur OTA zur Verfügung.
HB19	Nursing professionals	Seit 2020 bietet das AKH Viersen die Ausbildung als Pflegefachmann/Pflegefachfrau an. Die Kurse starten im März und im September. Der theoretische Teil der Ausbildung erfolgt an der Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe Viersen GmbH.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Seit 2020 bietet das AKH Viersen die Ausbildung als Pflegefachmann/Pflegefachfrau an. Der theoretische Teil der Ausbildung erfolgt an der Akademie für Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufe Viersen.