Illness	Number of cases
Other cataract - Unspecified cataract (H26.9)	1.108
Glaucoma (H40.1)	608
Retinal detachments and breaks (H33.0)	310
Other affections of the retina - Degeneration of the macula and posterior pole - Other degeneration of the macula and posterior pole (H35.38)	122
Senile cataract (H25.8)	101
Other disorders of lens (H27.1)	49
Glaucoma (H40.0)	47
Retinal vascular occlusions (H34.8)	44
Other malignant neoplasms of skin (C44.1)	42
Glaucoma (H40.5)	38

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	1.964
Surgical removal of the lens of the eye without the lens capsule (5-144.5a)	1.381
Measurement of the intraocular pressure (1-220.0)	658
Surgical removal of the vitreous of the eye with another access, or other operations on the vitreous (5-159.4)	496
Other operations to fix the retina after detachment (5-154.0)	259
Other operations to fix the retina after detachment (5-154.4)	240
Other operations on the retina (5-156.9)	200
Other operations to fix the retina after detachment (5-154.2)	186
Surgical removal and subsequent replacement of the vitreous of the eye with access via the ciliary body (5-158.12)	182
Reduction of the intraocular pressure by means of a drainage operation (5-131.63)	174

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
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
CQ28
CQ31

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

Number	Group
49	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*
34	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
28	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
Doctoral supervision	Prof. Dr. Rößler: Betreuung von Promotionsstudierenden, RWTH Aachen PD Dr. Lukas: Betreuung von Promotionsstudierenden, Universität Düsseldorf Dr. Demtröder: Betreuung von Promotionsstudierenden, Universität Düsseldorf
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Prof. Dr. Rößler: Vorl., Sem. und Famulaturbetr., Uni Aachen; Prof. Dr. Widder: Famulaturbetr. und Sem., Uni Köln; PD Dr. Lukas: Famulaturbetr. und Sem., Uni Düsseldorf; Dr. Hoor: Famulaturbetr., Uni Düsseldorf; Dr. Dajchin/Dr. Demtröder: Famulaturbetr., Uni Düsseldorf, Uni Heidelberg.
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Prof. Dr. Rößler: Lehrauftrag Universität Aachen, Prof. Dr. Widder: Lehrauftrag Universität Köln, PD Dr. Lukas: Lehrauftrag Universität Düsseldorf, Dr. Demtröder: Lehrauftrag, Fliedner Fachhochschule (FFU) Düsseldorf
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Augenheilkunde: Universität Köln, Augenheilkunde: RWTH Aachen, Geriatrie: Universität Bonn, Innovationsfondprojekt SAVE & SAFE, Universität Bremen, Universität Köln, Allgemeinchirurgie: Fliedner Fachhochschule, Uni Düsseldorf, Universität Tours.
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Allgemeinchirurgie: N=2
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Dr. Demtröder:Reviewer in Journal of Frontiers in Surgery/Buchbeiträge in "Differentialdiagnostik und Differenzialtherapie in der Gynäkologie - Stuhlinkontinenz", "Referenz Notfallmedizin - Akutes Abdomen und abdominelle Trauma", "PIPAC - Pressurized IntraPerioneal Aerosol Chemotherapy".
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Allgemeinchirurgie: N=5