Illness	Number of cases
Chronic renal failure - Chronic kidney disease stage 5 (N18.5)	322
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.1)	291
Complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T82.5)	253
Intracranial injury (S06.0)	200
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	164
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	151
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	128
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	125
Complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T82.8)	115
Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue not elsewhere classified - Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue (L98.7)	108

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Procedure for dialysing the blood outside the body with removal of the poison over a concentration gradient - dialysis (8-854.2)	1.152
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	512
X-ray of the veins in a limb with contrast medium (phlebography) and demonstration of the drainage region (3-614)	287
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.10)	284
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.00)	277
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	276
Reconstructive operations on the tendons or ligaments of the shoulder joint by endoscopy (arthroscopy) (5-814.3)	271
Complex differential diagnostic sonography of the vascular system with quantitative evaluation (3-035)	266
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.20)	256
(9-984.7)	252

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500

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

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
77	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*
77	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
77	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Prof. Dr. med. Thilo Patzer: Chefarzt für Schulter, Ellenbogen, Knie und Sportorthopädie Lehrbeauftragter des Uniklinikums zu Düsseldorf Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Oliver Spelten: Ärztlicher Direktor und Chefarzt Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin Lehrbeauftragter des Uniklinikums zu Köln
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Dr. Christof Wald: Chefarzt Innere Medizin, Kardiologie Dr. Bernhard Robbers: Chefarzt HNO Prof. Dr. Thilo Patzer: Chefarzt für Schulter, Ellenbogen, Knie und Sportorth. Dr. Christina Theisen: Leitende Oberärztin Unfallchirurgie Ammar Ghouzi: Ärztlicher Leiter der Interdisziplinären Notaufnahme
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Zur Teilnahme unserer Ärzte an Studien möchten wir auf Kapitel A-8.3 verweisen.
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Mehr Informationen zu den Veröffentlichungen unserer ÄrztInnen erhalten Sie im untenstehenden Text.
Doctoral supervision	Prof. Dr. med. Thilo Patzer: Chefarzt für Schulter, Ellenbogen, Knie und Sport Regelmässige Disputations-Prüfungen an HHU-Düsseldorf

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Ausbildung in Kooperation mit der Kaiserswerther Diakonie Düsseldorf
HB19	Nursing professionals	Ausbildung in Kooperation mit der Kaiserswerther Diakonie Düsseldorf
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Die Ausbildung erfolgt in Kooperation mit der Medical School academia chirurgica Düsseldorf