Illness	Number of cases
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic multinodular goiter (E04.2)	87
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	36
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	35
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.1)	30
Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs - Secondary malignant neoplasm of pleura (C78.2)	26
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland (C73)	25
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	25
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.3)	20
Other nontoxic goitre - Nontoxic single thyroid nodule (E04.1)	18
Pyothorax without fistula (J86.9)	18

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Other operations on the thyroid gland or parathyroid glands (5-069.40)	158
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	72
Insertion of a small tube (cannula) or catheter into the space between the lungs and ribs for the drainage of fluid (8-144.0)	68
Surgical removal of half of the thyroid gland (5-061.0)	66
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	64
Surgical removal of the thyroid gland (5-063.0)	55
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00)	49
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	49
(9-984.7)	44
Operation to divide adhesions around a nerve or to relieve pressure on the nerve or to abolish the nerve function (5-056.0)	42

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1520

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Diabetes mellitus Typ 2

Angebot des Westdeutschen Diabetes- und Gesundheitszentrums

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ01

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

Number	Group
59	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*
40	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
40	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	Lehrtätigkeit an Universität Witten/Herdecke
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Düsseldorf
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Nocturnal blood pressure and nocturnal blood pressure fluctuations: the effect of short-term CPAP therapy and their association with the severity of obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med . 2022 Feb 1;18(2):361-371.Effect of CPAP therapy on nocturnal blood pressure fluctuations, nocturnal blood p
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Chirurgische Lehrbuch-2018 Thieme Verlag Chirurgie und Bildgebung. Vortragstätigkeiten.
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	und CTA
HB16	Dietician (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.