Illness	Number of cases
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	144
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	111
Fracture of forearm (S52.51)	90
Fracture of shoulder and upper arm (S42.21)	88
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	74
Fracture of femur (S72.01)	73
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	70
Other spondylopathies - Spinal stenosis cervical region (M48.02)	61
Intracranial injury (S06.0)	55
Superficial injury of head (S00.95)	54

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	433
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	344
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	336
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	306
(9-984.8)	287
Surgical removal of diseased intervertebral disc tissue (5-831.2)	271
(9-984.7)	270
Computed tomography (CT) of the musculoskeletal system without contrast medium (3-205)	212
Computed tomography (CT) of the pelvis without contrast medium (3-206)	194
Other operations on the spine (5-839.60)	138

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2316

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 participation

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

Number	Group
47	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*
37	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
37	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”

Accessibility

Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Als Kooperationspartner übernehmen wir die praktische Ausbildung eines Operationstechnischen Assistenten/ in in unserem Haus. Die Auszubildenden werden innerhalb von drei Jahren intensiv auf die vielfältigen Aufgaben im Operationsdienst vorbereitet.
HB19	Nursing professionals	In der Evangelischen Pflegeakademie Bergisch Land stehen 175 Ausbildungsplätze zur Verfügung. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Agaplesion Bethesda Krankenhaus Wuppertal bildet das EVK Mettmann jährlich bis zu 50 Pflegekräfte aus. Dozenten sind Pflegepädagogen, Ärzte und Fachkräfte des Gesundheitswesens.
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Als Kooperationspartner im Rahmen des Praktischen Einsatzes in den Bereichen Innere Medizin, Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Chirurgie und Orthopädie