Illness	Number of cases
Obstructive uropathy and refluxuropathy - Hydronephrosis in obstruction by renal and ureteral calculi - Hydronephrosis in obstruction by ureteral calculi (N13.21)	252
Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61)	227
Malignant neoplasm of bladder - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of bladder (C67.8)	210
Hyperplasia of prostate (N40)	180
Calculus of kidney and ureter - Calculus of kidney (N20.0)	174
Unspecified renal colic (N23)	146
Other disorders of urinary system - Urinary tract infection site not specified (N39.0)	121
Calculus of kidney and ureter - Calculus of ureter (N20.1)	98
Other specified abnormalities of plasma proteins (R77.80)	96
Malignant neoplasm of bladder - Malignant neoplasm of lateral wall of bladder (C67.2)	54

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
X-rays of the kidney and urinary tract with contrast medium (3-13d.5)	886
Injection or administration of medicines into the urinary bladder (8-132.3)	836
Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen without contrast medium (3-207)	634
Computed tomography (CT) of the pelvis without contrast medium (3-206)	614
Insertion, exchange or removal of a ureteral stent (8-137.00)	448
Insertion, exchange or removal of a ureteral stent (8-137.10)	432
Ultrasound of the male reproductive organs with access through the urethra or anus (3-05c.0)	285
Surgical incision into the ureter or removal of a stone during an open operation or endoscopy (5-562.9)	284
Examination of the ureter and the renal pelvis with a tube-shaped instrument with a camera mounted at the end (endoscope) (5-98b.0)	262
Image fusion from different imaging sources on a computer (3-997)	254

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Department key: 2200

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Main Department

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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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 participation

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

Number	Group
66	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*
59	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
36	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)	Regelmäßige Studentenfortbildungen im Rahmen von Famulaturen auf dem Gebiet der Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie. Urologische Famulaturen, PF Ausbildung wird angestrebt. Wöchentliche Studentenfortbildungen im Rahmen des Praktischen Jahres auf dem Gebiet der Inneren Medizin.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	"Telemedizin in der Urologie" mit der Universität Siegen
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	Dozentur, Lehrauftrag und Prüfungsausschuss mitglied am "BIG" in Essen. Fachbereich Hygiene.
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Mitautor "Uroonkologie", "Lehrbuch Urologie, Thieme Verlag", "Palliativ Medizin", Ärzteverlag Mitautor des Lehrbuches "Referenz Gastroenterologie" (Thieme)
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Dozent auf dem Gebiet der Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Dozent auf dem Gebiet der Urologie an der MHH(Hannover) und Universität-Duisburg Essen (Urologie). Dozent auf dem Gebiet der Inneren Medizin am Universitätsklinikum Essen, Gastroenterologie.