Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	163
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia (K56.4)	81
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	74
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland (C73)	73
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic single thyroid nodule (E04.1)	60
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic multinodular goiter (E04.2)	58
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K43.2)	48
Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.20)	47
Malignant neoplasm of rectum (C20)	38
Abscess of anal and rectal regions - Anal abscess (K61.0)	37

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.21)	222
Other operations on the thyroid gland or parathyroid glands (5-069.40)	199
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	186
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	142
Other operations on the spermatic cord, spermatic duct or epididymis (5-639.x)	121
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	116
Surgical removal of the thyroid gland (5-063.0)	113
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	106
(8-831.00)	90
Examination of the rectum by endoscopy (1-654.1)	78

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1500

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 participation

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

Number	Group
55	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*
55	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
52	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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Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Chirurgie; Orthopädie, Innere Medizin, Anästhesie & Intensiv, HNO mit der Universitätsklinik Essen-Duisburg sowie Augenklinik des Evangelischen Krankenhauses Essen-Werden (Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte gGmbH);
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Chirurgie, Innere Medizin
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Chirurgie, Innere Medizin, Orthopädie, HNO mit der Universitätsklinik Essen-Duisburg sowie Augenklinik des Evangelischen Krankenhauses Essen-Werden (Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte gGmbH); Radiologie:Netzwerk Brustkrebs am Universitätsklinikum Essen
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Chirurgie, Innere Medizin
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Hr. Prof. Dr. med. Hansjörg Heep, Hr. Prof. Dr. med. Oliver Witzke: Universität Duisburg-Essen; Hr. Prof. Dr. med. Weber, Fr. Prof. Dr. med. May: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankf.-M., Fr. Prof. Dr. med. Kampe: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In der Pflegeschule des Universitätsklinikums Essen
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	In der Pflegeschule des Universitätsklinikums Essen
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Praxiseinsätze von MTRA-Schülern der MTRA-Schule des Universitätsklinikums Essen und der MTRA-Schule des Elisabeth-Krankenhauses Essen (Contilia GmbH Essen)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Kooperation mit der Schule für Physiotherapie des Universitätsklinikums Essen
HB19	Nursing professionals	In der Pflegeschule des Universitätsklinikums Essen
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	In der Pflegeschule des Universitätsklinikums Essen