Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	273
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	82
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI of 40 to below 50. (E66.06)	59
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	43
Umbilical hernia - Umbilical hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K42.9)	36
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	35
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K43.2)	34
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	31
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years of age and older body mass index BMI from 50 to below 60. (E66.07)	28
Obesity - Morbid severe obesity due to excess calories (E66.01)	24

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	141
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	141
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.63)	135
Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen without contrast medium (3-207)	81
(8-831.00)	78
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation with measurement of the pressure in the superior vena cava (central venous pressure) (8-931.0)	71
Surgical connection between the stomach and small intestine bypassing the duodenum, without removing the stomach (5-445.41)	67
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	56
Examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum by endoscopy (1-632.0)	52
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a3)	49

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1500

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.	Explanation
CQ31

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

Number	Group
51	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*
51	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
51	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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General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Doctoral supervision	Wir bieten im klinischen Bereich die Möglichkeit einer Promotion an. Bei Interesse wenden Sie sich bitte an die jeweilige Chefärztin, den jeweiligen Chefarzt oder den Fachbereichsleiter.
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Chefärzte und Oberärzte publizieren in diversen Fachzeitschriften.
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Für den Fachbereich spezielle Wirbelsäulen- und Neurochirurgie.
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Allgemeinchirurgie; Anästhesiologie; Gastroenterologie; Geriatrie; Kardiologie; Neurochirurgie; Notfall- u. Intensivmedizin; Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie; Pneumologie; Schmerzmedizin

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB19	Nursing professionals	Die Canisius Campus Dortmund gGmbH ist eine staatlich anerkannte Pflegeschule und gehört ebenfalls zur Kath. St. Paulus GmbH. Sie bildet für die Krankenhäuser der Kath. St. Paulus Gesellschaft, dazu gehört auch das St. Christophorus Krankenhaus, Fachpersonal in der Pflege aus.
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Ausbildung von Physiotherapeuten in Kooperation mit der FHS "Gesundheit" in Bochum; Kooperation mit der"ganzheitlichorientierte Physiotherapieschule Bergkamen GmbH"(GPS).
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Kooperation mit der Ausbildungsstätte St. Barbara-Klinik in Hamm Heesen.
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Diese Ausbildung wurde im Jahr 2020 durch die Ausbildung zur Pflegefachfrau/ zum Pflegefachmann abgelöst.
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Die Canisius Campus Dortmund gGmbH ist eine staatlich anerkannte Pflegeschule und gehört ebenfalls zur Kath. St. Paulus GmbH. Sie bildet für die Krankenhäuser der Kath. St. Paulus Gesellschaft, dazu gehört auch das St. Christophorus Krankenhaus, Fachpersonal in der Pflege aus.