Illness	Number of cases
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	194
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	155
Chronic sinusitis - Chronic pansinusitis (J32.4)	20
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Hypertrophy of nasal turbinates (J34.3)	6
Peritonsillar abscess (J36)	6
Diseases of vocal cords and larynx not elsewhere classified - Other diseases of vocal cords (J38.3)	5
Sleep disorders - Primary central sleep apnea (G47.31)	4
Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified parts of tongue - Malignant neoplasm of tongue unspecified (C02.9)	not specified
Other malignant neoplasms of skin (C44.2)	not specified
Other malignant neoplasms of skin (C44.3)	not specified

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	231
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.4)	230
Operation on the inferior nasal concha (5-215.1)	226
Surgical removal or reconstruction of the nasal septum (5-214.6)	195
Surgical removal of the tonsils and adenoids (5-282.0)	112
Operation on the maxillary sinuses (5-221.1)	95
Operation on the ethmoid bone or on the sphenoid sinus (5-222.21)	65
Operation on several paranasal sinuses (5-224.63)	58
Surgical incision into the eardrum (tympanic membrane) (5-200.4)	56
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils (without removal of the adenoids) - tonsillectomy without adenoidectomy (5-281.0)	46

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

Inpatient 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
CQ01	Die vom Gemeinsamen Bundesausschuss (G-BA) formulierte Qualitätsicherungs-Richtlinie regelt die Anforderungen an Krankenhäuser in Bezug auf Struktur-, Prozess- und Ergebnisqualität bei der stationären Behandlung von Patienten mit chirurgisch behandlungsbedürftigem Bauchaortenaneurysma. Das Kreiskrankenhaus Mechernich erfüllt hierfür sowohl die personellen und fachlichen Anforderungen wie auch die strukturellen und organisatorischen Voraussetzungen.
CQ07

No.

Explanation

CQ01

Die vom Gemeinsamen Bundesausschuss (G-BA) formulierte Qualitätsicherungs-Richtlinie regelt die Anforderungen an Krankenhäuser in Bezug auf Struktur-, Prozess- und Ergebnisqualität bei der stationären Behandlung von Patienten mit chirurgisch behandlungsbedürftigem Bauchaortenaneurysma. Das Kreiskrankenhaus Mechernich erfüllt hierfür sowohl die personellen und fachlichen Anforderungen wie auch die strukturellen und organisatorischen Voraussetzungen.

CQ07

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

Number	Group
70	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*
11	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
10	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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Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision