Illness	Number of cases
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.53)	89
Other specific joint derangements (M24.85)	76
Shoulder lesions (M75.4)	74
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	69
Other arthrosis (M19.01)	42
Disorders of patella (M22.2)	40
Internal derangement of knee (M23.32)	36
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.2)	34
Other acquired deformities of limbs (M21.16)	23
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee - Other unilateral secondary osteoarthritis of knee (M17.5)	19

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	248
Operation on the synovium by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-811.2h)	221
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.3)	193
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.eh)	154
Operation on the articular cartilage or on the cartilage discs (menisci) by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-812.5)	147
Comprehensive pain control for acute pain (8-919)	122
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments in the knee joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-813.4)	102
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.4)	96
Surgical removal of diseased bone tissue (5-782.be)	77
Examination of a joint by endoscopy (1-697.7)	75

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Department key

Department key: 2315

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
57	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*
43	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
42	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulaturen und das Praktische Jahr können bei uns absolviert werden.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Teilnahme an Studien im Rahmen des DarmkrebZentrums
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Zusammenarbeit mit der Kaiserswerther Diakonie erfolgt bei uns der praktische Teil der Ausbildung zum Operationstechnischen Assistenten (OTA).
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB16	Dietician (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals	Die Einrichtungen des VKKD gehören zu den katholischen Krankenhausträgern aus Düsseldorf, Neuss und Ratingen, die in 2005 eine gemeinsame Krankenpflegeschule gegründet haben. Die St. Elisabeth-Akademie hat zum 01.06.2005 als eigenständige gGmbH ihren Betrieb aufgenommen.