Illness	Number of cases
Senile cataract (H25.1)	619
Glaucoma (H40.1)	560
Retinal detachments and breaks (H33.0)	334
Other affections of the retina - Degeneration of the macula and posterior pole - Other degeneration of the macula and posterior pole (H35.38)	270
Retinal detachments and breaks (H33.4)	149
Complications of other internal prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T85.2)	102
Other malignant neoplasms of skin (C44.1)	64
Glaucoma (H40.5)	64
Other affections of the retina - Degeneration of the macula and the posterior pole - Age-related wet macular degeneration (H35.30)	33
Disorders of globe (H44.0)	30

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Measurement of the intraocular pressure (1-220.0)	2.344
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	2.094
Surgical removal of the lens of the eye without the lens capsule (5-144.5a)	921
Other operations to fix the retina after detachment (5-154.2)	459
Other operations on the lens of the eye (5-149.0)	409
Surgical removal and subsequent replacement of the vitreous of the eye with access via the ciliary body (5-158.22)	281
Surgical removal of the lens of the eye without the lens capsule (5-144.2a)	206
Surgical removal and subsequent replacement of the vitreous of the eye with access via the ciliary body (5-158.12)	205
Revision operations (5-983)	203
Reduction of the intraocular pressure by improving aqueous humour circulation (5-133.7)	195

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Brustkrebs

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
147	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*
96	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
96	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
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)