Illness	Number of cases
Other acquired deformities of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue - Acquired deformity of nose (M95.0)	500
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	277
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of tonsils (J35.1)	130
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	127
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic pansinusitis (J32.4)	105
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Hypertrophy of nasal turbinates (J34.3)	81
Peritonsillar abscess (J36)	81
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	61
Cholesteatoma of middle ear (H71)	58
Acute tonsillitis (J03.9)	49

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.4)	1.083
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.00)	669
Surgical removal or reconstruction of the nasal septum (5-214.6)	330
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.3)	327
Revision operations (5-983)	274
Corrective surgery on the internal or external nose (5-218.20)	263
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.1)	253
Examination of the larynx by endoscopy (1-610.2)	247
(1-611.00)	246
Surgical removal or reconstruction of the nasal septum (5-214.0)	237

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2600 , 1519

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
CQ28
CQ01
CQ27

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

Number	Group
136	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*
80	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
80	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	Prof. Dr. Erhardt; Dr. Stieglitz; Dr. Riethmann; Dr. Kuruc; Dr. Grebe
Doctoral supervision	Prof. Dr. Erhardt; Prof. Dr. Lehnerdt; Dr. Cordier
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Quantifizierung des aventilatorischen Massenflusses; SF6-LCI Messung bei COPD und Lungenfibrose; LCI-Test-Retest Reliabilität (NN); UCH: Registerstudie fotodynamische intramedulläre Stabilisierung des vorderen Beckenrings
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Apnoeischen Oxygenierung bei Panendoskopien;Mikrobiom Register Uni Köln;Mitglied Netzwerk genomische Med. Uni Köln,wiss. Institut UW/H. u UTZ HHU,FITT-STEMI u ERCTO Register + Monitoring; RWTH Aachen iHope Studie,NO-HARM-Studie,QUIPS u LOPSTER Uni Jena,Strahlenther. u Elektrophysiol. Uni/EVK Ddorf
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Prof. Dr. Erhardt; Dr. Sandmann; Dr. Stieglitz; Dr. Kuruc; Dr. Gülker; Dr. Dammann
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	In den Fachbereichen der Kardiologie, Pneumologie, Gastroenterologie, Hämatologie/Onkologie, Palliativmedizin, Allgemein- und Visceralchirurgie, Gefäßchirurgie, Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Thoraxchirurgie, Geriatrie, Nephrologie, Anästhesiologie, Plast.-/Ästhet. Chirurgie
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Universität Witten-Herdecke: Dr. Gülker; Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf: Prof. Dr. Erhardt; Dr. Gülker; Dr. Berger; Dr. Nossek; Dr. Sandmann; Dr. Stieglitz; Dr. Kuruc; Dr. Grebe; Dr. Adam; Prof.Dr.Lehnerdt; UK Essen: Prof.Dr.Lehnerdt
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	Fliedner Fachhochschule Düsseldorf: Dr. Dammann, Dr. Nossek für den Studiengang Physician Assistance (CTA/MAC), Dr. Cordier

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)