Illness	Number of cases
Senile cataract (H25.1)	953
Glaucoma (H40.1)	354
Retinal detachments and breaks (H33.0)	228
Other disorders of eyelid (H02.3)	161
Glaucoma (H40.0)	139
Other disorders of eyelid (H02.4)	72
Other affections of the retina - Degeneration of the macula and posterior pole - Other degeneration of the macula and posterior pole (H35.38)	70
Disorders of lacrimal system (H04.5)	65
Glaucoma (H40.5)	61
Other malignant neoplasms of skin (C44.1)	59

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	2.215
Anaesthesia with administration of an anaesthetic into a vein (8-900)	1.979
Surgical removal of the lens of the eye without the lens capsule (5-144.5a)	1.036
Special imaging procedures, for example, to examine the back of the eye (retina) (3-300.0)	754
Measurement of the intraocular pressure (1-220.0)	456
Special microscope, for example, used to show the back of the eye (retina) (3-301.1)	419
(9-984.7)	301
Lid tightening (5-097.1)	234
X-rays of the vessels in the eye with contrast medium (3-690)	233
Operation using lasers (5-985.1)	232

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2700

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.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ28

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

Number	Group
112	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*
85	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
85	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
Doctoral supervision	Die Betreuung findet in mehreren Kliniken des Hauses statt
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Universität Witten Herdecke Universität Düsseldorf
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Teilnahme durch mehrere Kliniken des Hauses
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Teilnahme durch mehrere Kliniken des Hauses
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulatur und praktisches Jahr Universität Düsseldorf
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	1. Universität Würzburg 2. Universität Essen 3. Universität Heidelberg 4. Universität Tübingen 5. Universität Regensburg

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Vor Ort: Zentrale Praxisanleitung und Ausbildungsbegleiter
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)	In Kooperation mit dem Ev. Krankenhaus Oberhausen. Vor Ort: Zentrale Praxisanleitung und Ausbildungsbegleiter
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB21	Geriatric nurse (m/f)