Illness	Number of cases
Iron deficiency anaemia - Other iron deficiency anemias (D50.8)	51
Alcoholic liver disease (K70.3)	48
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin (A09.9)	45
Other functional intestinal disorders - Constipation unspecified (K59.00)	44
Benign neoplasm of colon rectum anus and anal canal - Benign neoplasm of cecum (D12.0)	39
Benign neoplasm of colon rectum anus and anal canal - Benign neoplasm of ascending colon (D12.2)	39
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	33
Benign neoplasm of colon rectum anus and anal canal - Benign neoplasm of transverse colon (D12.3)	32
Volume depletion (E86)	32
Other diseases of digestive system - Gastrointestinal hemorrhage unspecified (K92.2)	31

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	809
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	403
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.a)	391
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.1)	333
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222)	226
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	212
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.d3)	204
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.e3)	201
Examination of the large intestine by endoscopy - colonoscopy (1-650.2)	180
Radiotherapy with high-energy beams for cancer - high voltage radiotherapy (8-522.90)	156

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0107

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

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
140	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*
115	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
92	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	z.B. in der Chirurgie Dozenten aus Marburg oder Düsseldorf z.B. Lehrauftrag in der Universität Köln im Bereich Rehawesen
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	Z.B. in der Chirurgie Dozenten aus Kaiserswerther Diakonie Z.B. Lehraufträge Ärztekammer Nordrhein und Westfalen-Lippe
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	z.B. Famulatur von Medizinstudenten, Praktisches Jahr im Rahmen des Lehrkrankenhauses, Praktika von Physician Assistant
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	z.B. in der Chirurgie mit der Universität Tübingen, Wien, Sorbonne Paris im Rahmen von OP Kursen und wissenschaftlichen Projekten (EUROCRINE)
Doctoral supervision
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Publikationen in Pubmed gelisteten wissenschaftlichen Zeitschriften/ Journals. Buchbeiträge in chirurgischen Fachbüchern. Medikamentöse Suchttherapie erschienen im Kohlhammer Verlag Sep. 2022
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Ausbildung: Akupunktur nach dem NADA-Protokoll
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der Kaiserswerther Diakonie Düsseldorf
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der Kaiserswerther Diakonie Düsseldorf
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)	In Kooperation mit den Maltesern Aachen
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB21	Geriatric nurse (m/f)