Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	285
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	155
Umbilical hernia - Umbilical hernia with obstruction without gangrene (K42.0)	77
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia with obstruction without gangrene (K43.0)	70
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	59
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	56
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	53
Malignant neoplasm of rectum (C20)	49
Diaphragmatic hernia - Diaphragmatic hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K44.9)	49
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	44

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	307
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	271
(8-831.00)	223
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	195
Operation using a surgical robot (5-987.0)	167
Insertion or exchange of a tube inserted into the small intestine through the oesophagus (8-125.0)	159
Additional information for investigations (1-999.1)	151
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)	140
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	125
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	89

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Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Diabetes mellitus Typ 1

Angebot des Westdeutschen Diabetes- und Gesundheitszentrums

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
101	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*
19	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
15	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”

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Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Prof. Dr. Hartmann, Prof. Dr. Lüthen, Prof. Dr. Giagounidis. Prof. Dr. Diederich, Prof. Dr. Mazinani, Prof. Dr. Bastian
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Prof. Dr. med. Diederich; Regelmäßige Unterrichtsveranstaltungen (PJ- Programm). Praktische Studentenausbildung im Verbund katholischer Kliniken (VKKD) (Unterricht der Medizinstudenten im 7. und 8. Fachsemester der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf in Praxisblöcken.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Zahlreiche Studien in der Klinik für Hämatologie / Onkologie und Klinik für Neurologie Institut für spezielle Pharmakotherapie im Rahmen des Interdisziplinären Onkologischen Zentrums und dem Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie.
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Phase II: Auf Nachfrage, wechselnde Studienbeteiligungen Institut für spezielle Pharmakotherapie im Rahmen des Interdisziplinären Onkologischen Zentrums
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Mitgl. des Editorial board: Prof. Bastian "Aktuelle Urologie", Prof. Dr. Giagounidis "Journal of Clinical Oncology". Prof. Dr. Diederich Cancer Imaging: Deputy Editor, RadiologieUp2date: kardiopul. Radiologie.
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Doctoral supervision	Prof. Dr. Diederich, Prof. Dr. Hartmann, Prof. Dr. Jander, Prof. Dr. Lüthen, Prof. Dr. Giagounidis, Prof. Dr. Mazinani, Prof. Dr. Bastian

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung von MTRA-Schülern der MTRA-Schule des Universitätsklinikums Düsseldorf.
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Zusammenarbeit mit der Medical School academia chirurgica GmbH und der CTA-Schule Kaiserswerther Diakonie. Ausbildungsstätte für OTA und CTA
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Studiengang Hebammenwissenschaft B. Sc - in Kooperation mit der Hochschule Bochum
HB16	Dietician (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Seit 2024 neue Berufsbezeichnung: Pflegefachassistenten und Pflegefachassistentinnen
HB19	Nursing professionals	in Kooperation mit der St. Elisabeth-Akademie und weiteren Partnern aus Düsseldorf
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Studiengang Pflege Dual B. Sc. - in Kooperation mit der Hochschule Niederrhein
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)