Illness	Number of cases
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	106
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	43
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	40
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	39
Spinal osteochondrosis - Adult osteochondrosis of spine lumbar region (M42.16)	36
Other spondylopathies - Spinal stenosis cervical region (M48.02)	29
Dorsalgia - Low back pain (M54.5)	19
Other deforming dorsopathies - Spondylolisthesis lumbar region (M43.16)	16
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.20)	14
Osteoporosis with pathological fracture (M80.08)	13

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Other operations on the spine (5-839.60)	198
(5-83b.70)	119
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.00)	94
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.0)	89
Surgical removal of diseased bone or joint tissue in the spine (5-832.4)	83
Treatment procedures requiring dyes (5-989)	83
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.20)	82
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	82
(5-83b.50)	80
Surgical fixation of vertebrae using devices such as screws or plates (5-835.9)	79

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 3755

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Diabetes mellitus Typ 2

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
145	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”

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Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Der Lehrauftrag besteht für folgende Disziplinen: •Chirurgie (Pflichtfach) •Innere Medizin (Pflichtfach) •Anästhesiologie (Wahlfach) •Frauenheilkunde (Wahlfach) •Urologie (Wahlfach) • Radiologie (Wahlfach), • Pathologie (Wahlfach) in Kooperation mit der RWTH Aachen
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB10	Midwife (m/f)
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)	Kooperationspartner MT Schule Köln Hohenlind
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	kbs \| Die Akademie für Gesundheitsberufe am St. Kamillus, Mönchengladbach und BZPG gGmbH Städteregion Aachen
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Kooperationspartner Hochschule Niederrhein
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Kooperationspartner OTA Schule Aachen; BZPG gGmbH Städteregion Aachen
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Bildungszentrum - Schule für Gesundheitsberufe Düren in Kooperation mit BZPG gGmbH Städteregion Aachen
HB19	Nursing professionals	Die Ausbildung im Krankenhaus Düren kann entweder in Vollzeit über drei Jahre oder in Teilzeit über vier Jahre absolviert werden. Des Weiteren haben Auszubildende im Pflegebereich die Möglichkeit, an der Hochschule Niederrhein zu studieren.