Illness	Number of cases
Gender identity disorders - Transsexualism (F64.0)	387
Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50.9)	246
Complications of other internal prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T85.82)	204
Hypertrophy of breast (N62)	112
Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue not elsewhere classified - Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue (L98.7)	69
Hypertrophic disorders of skin - Hypertrophic scar (L91.0)	34
Family history of malignant neoplasm - Family history of malignant neoplasm of breast (Z80.3)	22
Gangrene not elsewhere classified (R02.04)	18
Complications of other internal prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T85.4)	16
Carcinoma in situ of breast (D05.1)	10

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of the breast (mastectomy), without taking the axillary lymph nodes (5-872.0)	377
Operation on the nipple (5-882.2)	287
Reconstructive operation on the breast with skin and muscle grafting (transplantation) (5-885.9)	203
Surgical breast reduction (5-884.2)	190
Simple surgical closure of the skin or the subcutaneous tissues after injuries, e.g. with a suture (5-900.0b)	187
Other operations on the breast (5-889.1)	175
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a1)	86
Other reconstructive operations on the breast (5-886.x)	81
Nature of the graft material (5-930.01)	69
Other operations on the breast (5-889.6)	62

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1900

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

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ01

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

Number	Group
77	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*
52	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)	Student:innen der HHU als auch anderer Universitäten sowohl für Famulaturen als auch im PJ in allen chirurgischen Fachbereichen
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	n.a.
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Für das Fach Plastische Chirurgie:Wahlcurriculum von Student:innen in der vorlesungsfreien Zeit an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität (HHU) sowie Lehraufträge Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Andree (HHU) sowie PD Dr. med. Andreas Wolter (HHU und Universität Witten-Herdecke, UWH), PD Dr. med. Marc Daniels (UWH)
Doctoral supervision	Für das Fach Plastische Chirurgie: Insgesamt 6 Doktorand:innen mit Zugehörigkeit zur UWH und HHU