Illness	Number of cases
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	209
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	142
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.53)	137
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	121
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	118
Other disorders of cartilage (M94.86)	86
Disorders of patella (M22.4)	58
Other specific joint derangements (M24.85)	53
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	50
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	50

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Computer-assisted analysis of the images with 3D-analysis (3-990)	563
(5-86a.20)	406
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine and spinal cord without contrast medium (3-802)	360
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	352
Operation with the smallest possible incision into the skin and minimal tissue damage (minimally invasive) (5-986.x)	345
(9-984.7)	279
Computed tomography (CT) of the spine and the spinal cord without contrast medium (3-203)	220
Other operations on the spine (5-839.60)	178
Surgical access to the lumbar spine, sacrum or coccyx (5-032.00)	175
Computed tomography (CT) of the head without contrast medium (3-200)	174

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1600

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

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

No.	Explanation
CQ06

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

Number	Group
94	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*
85	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
81	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
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Herr Pfüller (Chefarzt der Geriatrie) ist als Lehrbeauftragter der Universität Essen benannt

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Bildungszentrum für Pflege und Gesundheit
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Praktikumsstelle f. Student*innen Hebammenwesen (B.A.) in Kooperation mit der Hochschule für Gesundheit Bochum
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildungsstelle für OTA-Schüler der Kaiserswerther Diakonie Düsseldorf
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB21	Geriatric nurse (m/f)