Illness	Number of cases
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	1.374
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic pansinusitis (J32.4)	170
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	152
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Hypertrophy of nasal turbinates (J34.3)	122
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses (J34.8)	66
Suppurative and unspecified otitis media (H66.1)	59
Cholesteatoma of middle ear (H71)	42
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic ethmoidal sinusitis (J32.2)	42
Otosclerosis (H80.1)	38
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of tonsils (J35.1)	37

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal or reconstruction of the nasal septum (5-214.6)	1.490
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.4)	1.243
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.1)	982
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.00)	856
Revision operations (5-983)	515
Other operations on the outer ear (5-189.0)	232
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.3)	228
Operation on several paranasal sinuses (5-224.63)	228
Measurement of hearing - audiometry (1-242)	214
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils (without removal of the adenoids) - tonsillectomy without adenoidectomy (5-281.5)	157

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2600

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

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