Illness	Number of cases
Senile cataract (H25.1)	754
Glaucoma (H40.1)	181
Other affections of the retina - Degeneration of the macula and posterior pole - Other degeneration of the macula and posterior pole (H35.38)	101
Other cataract - Unspecified cataract (H26.9)	69
Retinal detachments and breaks (H33.2)	62
Retinal detachments and breaks (H33.0)	28
Other cataract (H26.2)	24
Glaucoma (H40.5)	23
Disorders of vitreous body (H43.1)	22
Glaucoma (H40.0)	20

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of the lens of the eye without the lens capsule (5-144.5a)	935
Measurement of the intraocular pressure (1-220.0)	405
(9-984.7)	183
(9-984.8)	151
Other operations on the retina (5-156.9)	122
Other operations to fix the retina after detachment (5-154.0)	88
(9-984.6)	63
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.0)	61
Surgical removal and subsequent replacement of the vitreous of the eye with access via the ciliary body (5-158.21)	59
Surgical removal and subsequent replacement of the vitreous of the eye with access via the ciliary body (5-158.11)	56

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2700

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Diabetes mellitus Typ 1

Angebot des Westdeutschen Diabetes- und Gesundheitszentrums

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
101	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*
19	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
15	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	Prof. Dr. Hartmann, Prof. Dr. Lüthen, Prof. Dr. Giagounidis. Prof. Dr. Diederich, Prof. Dr. Mazinani, Prof. Dr. Bastian
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Prof. Dr. med. Diederich; Regelmäßige Unterrichtsveranstaltungen (PJ- Programm). Praktische Studentenausbildung im Verbund katholischer Kliniken (VKKD) (Unterricht der Medizinstudenten im 7. und 8. Fachsemester der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf in Praxisblöcken.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Zahlreiche Studien in der Klinik für Hämatologie / Onkologie und Klinik für Neurologie Institut für spezielle Pharmakotherapie im Rahmen des Interdisziplinären Onkologischen Zentrums und dem Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie.
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Phase II: Auf Nachfrage, wechselnde Studienbeteiligungen Institut für spezielle Pharmakotherapie im Rahmen des Interdisziplinären Onkologischen Zentrums
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Mitgl. des Editorial board: Prof. Bastian "Aktuelle Urologie", Prof. Dr. Giagounidis "Journal of Clinical Oncology". Prof. Dr. Diederich Cancer Imaging: Deputy Editor, RadiologieUp2date: kardiopul. Radiologie.
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Doctoral supervision	Prof. Dr. Diederich, Prof. Dr. Hartmann, Prof. Dr. Jander, Prof. Dr. Lüthen, Prof. Dr. Giagounidis, Prof. Dr. Mazinani, Prof. Dr. Bastian

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung von MTRA-Schülern der MTRA-Schule des Universitätsklinikums Düsseldorf.
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Zusammenarbeit mit der Medical School academia chirurgica GmbH und der CTA-Schule Kaiserswerther Diakonie. Ausbildungsstätte für OTA und CTA
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Studiengang Hebammenwissenschaft B. Sc - in Kooperation mit der Hochschule Bochum
HB16	Dietician (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Seit 2024 neue Berufsbezeichnung: Pflegefachassistenten und Pflegefachassistentinnen
HB19	Nursing professionals	in Kooperation mit der St. Elisabeth-Akademie und weiteren Partnern aus Düsseldorf
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Studiengang Pflege Dual B. Sc. - in Kooperation mit der Hochschule Niederrhein
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)