Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	159
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	132
Varicose veins of lower extremities (I83.9)	68
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	57
Malignant neoplasm of rectum (C20)	56
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	54
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI of 40 to below 50. (E66.06)	49
Atherosclerosis (I70.22)	49
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	42
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia (K56.5)	34

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	241
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	230
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.31)	205
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	150
Comprehensive pain control for acute pain (8-919)	137
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	115
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	99
Treatment procedure to maintain and encourage practical everyday and social skills - psychosocial intervention (9-401.22)	90
(9-984.7)	88
(5-98c.1)	83

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Department key

Department key: 0200 , 1500

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

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
40	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*
30	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
30	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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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Außerplamäßiger Professor an der Universität Münster (Vorlesungen & Workshops)
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Als akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Westfälischen Wilhelms Universität Münster Studierendenausbildung (5-10 Semester und Praktisches Jahr). Medizinischer Fachprüfer für das Staatsexamen im Studiengang Humanmedizin.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Zusammenarbeit mit den Universitäten Münster, Essen und Freiburg Uni Münster und Aaachen: telemedizinische Visite auf der Intensivstation sowie Palliativstation
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision	Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster, Gutachten und Betreuung von Doktoranden.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB16	Dietician (m/f)	Ausbildung durch Kooperationspartner (Caterer).
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Johanniter Pflegeschule am Josephs Hospital WAF
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	in der radiologischen Praxis Uhlenbrock - Kooperationspartner
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung
HB18	Emergency paramedics (m/f) (training period 3 years)