Illness	Number of cases
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease - Gastro-esophageal reflux disease with esophagitis (K21.0)	65
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI of 40 to below 50. (E66.06)	61
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	60
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	57
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	54
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	51
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI from 50 to below 60. (E66.07)	48
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	38
Abdominal and pelvic pain (R10.3)	34
Diverticular disease of intestine (K57.22)	28

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	290
Taking a tissue sample (biopsy) of the upper digestive tract, biliary tract or the pancreas by endoscopy (1-440.9)	267
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	145
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	137
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	129
X-rays of the oesophagus with contrast medium (3-137)	115
Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen without contrast medium (3-207)	115
(5-98c.1)	113
Rarely used surgical technique for partial removal of the stomach (5-434.51)	112
Insertion or exchange of a tube (catheter) in a large vein (8-831.0)	92

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500

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

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.	Explanation
CQ07	Weiterführende standortbezogene Informationen unter: www.perinatalzentren.org

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

Number	Group
75	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*
32	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
31	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)	In medizinischen Fachbereichen besteht die Möglichkeit der Durchführung einer Famulatur.
Doctoral supervision	PD Dr. med. Andreas Fußhöller / Universität Düsseldorf
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	PD Dr. med. Andreas Fußhöller / Universität Düsseldorf
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	PD Dr. med. Andreas Fußhöller / Universität Düsseldorf

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Beginn der Ausbildung alle drei Jahre am 1. März. Kooperierende Schule: Krankenpflegeschule HELIOS-Klinikum Krefeld
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)	Beginn der Ausbildung am 1. August des laufenden Jahres. Kooperierende Schule: Schule für Pflegeberufe
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Beginn der Ausbildung am 1. September des laufenden Jahres. Kooperierende Schule: Kath. Bildungsakademie Niederrhein
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Studienform: Duales Studium. Beginn zum 1. September eines Jahres in Zusammenarbeit mit der Hochschule Niederrhein in Krefeld. Beginn zum 1.Oktober eines Jahres in Zusammenarbeit mit der Fliedner Fachhochschule Düsseldorf.