Illness	Number of cases
Other affections of the retina - Degeneration of the macula and posterior pole - Other degeneration of the macula and posterior pole (H35.38)	147
Retinal detachments and breaks (H33.0)	104
Glaucoma (H40.1)	104
Senile cataract (H25.1)	99
Retinal vascular occlusions (H34.8)	34
Other disorders of lens (H27.1)	27
Other malignant neoplasms of skin (C44.1)	19
Other disorders of cornea (H18.5)	16
Senile cataract (H25.8)	15
Keratitis (H16.0)	13

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	646
Measurement of the intraocular pressure (1-220.0)	501
Surgical removal of the lens of the eye without the lens capsule (5-144.5a)	261
(5-158.5)	159
Surgical removal and subsequent replacement of the vitreous of the eye with access via the ciliary body (5-158.42)	151
Other operations on the retina (5-156.9)	110
Surgical removal of the vitreous of the eye with another access, or other operations on the vitreous (5-159.4)	108
Special imaging procedures, for example, to examine the back of the eye (retina) (3-300.0)	103
Other operations to fix the retina after detachment (5-154.0)	101
Surgical removal and subsequent replacement of the vitreous of the eye with access via the ciliary body (5-158.41)	72

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2700

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

Bezeichnung
Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

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
CQ01
CQ05
CQ25
CQ31

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

Number	Group
291	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*
176	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
63	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung an.
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung an. Seit 01.10.2023 eigene OTA-Schule.
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung an.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Berufsbezeichnung seit 2019 Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelfer/-in.
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Seit 01.10.2023 eigene ATA-Schule.