Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	733
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	669
Varicose veins of lower extremities (I83.9)	552
Other malignant neoplasms of skin (C44.3)	86
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	82
Superficial injury of head (S00.85)	77
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	71
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	63
Scoliosis (M41.15)	56
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	52

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	829
Surgical procedure to remove varicose veins from the leg (5-385.2)	742
Surgical procedure to remove varicose veins from the leg (5-385.4)	713
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	617
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	514
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	431
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	414
Surgical procedure to remove varicose veins from the leg (5-385.70)	371
(9-984.7)	327
Surgical procedure to remove varicose veins from the leg (5-385.96)	263

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

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

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
26	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*
23	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
21	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
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung seit 2017 Kooperation mit dem Luisenhospital in Aachen und der Fraziska Schervier Schule in Stolberg. Dort findet die Theorie statt und die Praxis in der Eifelklinik St. Brigida. Im OP stehen Mentoren sowie mehrere Praxisanleiter/innen unterstützend zur Verfügung.
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung seit 2021 in Kooperation mit der BZPG Würselen. In Würsen findet der theoretische Untericht statt und in der Eifelklinik die praktische Ausbildung. Im OP stehen Mentoren und mehrere Praxisanleiter/innen unterstützend zur Verfügung.
HB19	Nursing professionals