Illness	Number of cases
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	63
Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.20)	52
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	50
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	49
Diverticular disease of intestine (K57.22)	33
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K43.2)	32
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	31
Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia (K56.5)	22
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	21
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	21

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	176
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	113
Other operations on the intestine (5-469.20)	74
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.10)	57
(9-984.7)	55
Function-orientated physical exercises and uses (8-561.1)	53
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.33)	52
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.42)	49
Surgical incision into or removal of tissue from the anus (5-490.1)	47
Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen without contrast medium (3-207)	44

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Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 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

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
78	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*
48	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
48	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
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.
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	In unserer "Evangelischen Pflegeakademie Bergisch Land" stehen 150 Ausbildungsplätze zur Verfügung . Bei den Dozenten handelt es sich um Pflegepädagogen (m/w/d), speziell fortgebildete Pflegekräfte, Ärzte und andere Berufsgruppen 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