Illness	Number of cases
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	683
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	498
Other specific joint derangements (M24.85)	73
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.04)	40
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.05)	35
Fracture of femur (S72.01)	32
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	31
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.5)	29
Fracture of lower leg including ankle (S82.6)	28
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee - Other unilateral secondary osteoarthritis of knee (M17.5)	26

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	499
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	494
Comprehensive pain control for acute pain (8-919)	174
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	171
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.02)	164
Operation with the smallest possible incision into the skin and minimal tissue damage (minimally invasive) (5-986.x)	109
Surgical removal of bone tissue for purposes of transplantation (5-783.0e)	108
Surgical transplantation or transposition of bone tissue (5-784.0d)	108
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.94)	105
Computed tomography (CT) of the musculoskeletal system without contrast medium (3-205)	101

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2300

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 participation

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

Number	Group
55	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*
55	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
52	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)	Chirurgie; Orthopädie, Innere Medizin, Anästhesie & Intensiv, HNO mit der Universitätsklinik Essen-Duisburg sowie Augenklinik des Evangelischen Krankenhauses Essen-Werden (Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte gGmbH);
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Chirurgie, Innere Medizin
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Chirurgie, Innere Medizin, Orthopädie, HNO mit der Universitätsklinik Essen-Duisburg sowie Augenklinik des Evangelischen Krankenhauses Essen-Werden (Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte gGmbH); Radiologie:Netzwerk Brustkrebs am Universitätsklinikum Essen
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Chirurgie, Innere Medizin
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Hr. Prof. Dr. med. Hansjörg Heep, Hr. Prof. Dr. med. Oliver Witzke: Universität Duisburg-Essen; Hr. Prof. Dr. med. Weber, Fr. Prof. Dr. med. May: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankf.-M., Fr. Prof. Dr. med. Kampe: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In der Pflegeschule des Universitätsklinikums Essen
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	In der Pflegeschule des Universitätsklinikums Essen
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Praxiseinsätze von MTRA-Schülern der MTRA-Schule des Universitätsklinikums Essen und der MTRA-Schule des Elisabeth-Krankenhauses Essen (Contilia GmbH Essen)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Kooperation mit der Schule für Physiotherapie des Universitätsklinikums Essen
HB19	Nursing professionals	In der Pflegeschule des Universitätsklinikums Essen
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	In der Pflegeschule des Universitätsklinikums Essen