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)	116
Senile cataract (H25.1)	99
Retinal detachments and breaks (H33.0)	76
Glaucoma (H40.1)	72
Retinal vascular occlusions (H34.8)	30
Type 2 diabetes mellitus not insulin dependent from the start (E11.30)	22
Keratitis (H16.0)	10
Other disorders of cornea (H18.5)	10
Other disorders of lens (H27.1)	10
Retinal vascular occlusions (H34.2)	9

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	458
Surgical removal of the lens of the eye without the lens capsule (5-144.5a)	197
Measurement of the intraocular pressure (1-220.0)	157
Surgical removal and subsequent replacement of the vitreous of the eye with access via the ciliary body (5-158.42)	146
Surgical removal of the vitreous of the eye with another access, or other operations on the vitreous (5-159.4)	107
Other operations on the retina (5-156.9)	102
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.0)	79
Other operations to fix the retina after detachment (5-154.0)	76
Surgical removal and subsequent replacement of the vitreous of the eye with access via the ciliary body (5-158.40)	47
Anaesthesia with administration of an anaesthetic into a vein (8-900)	45

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

Chronische Herzinsuffizienz

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

No.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ05
CQ25

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

Number	Group
235	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*
172	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
59	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
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Das Westpfalz-Klinikum bietet Plätze für die praktische Ausbildung
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals	Löst ab 2020 den Ausbildungsberuf zum/zur Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger/in ab.
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.