Illness	Number of cases
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	604
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	516
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	260
Shoulder lesions (M75.4)	136
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.3)	78
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	52
Shoulder lesions (M75.1)	49
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	46
Complications of internal orthopaedic prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T84.04)	45
Dislocation sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.53)	28

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Regional pain control by injecting an anaesthetic into a space in the spinal canal (epidural space) (8-910)	1.028
Open surgical procedure on a joint (5-800.5h)	619
Operation on the kneecap (patella) or its ligaments (5-804.5)	613
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	599
Operation using a navigation system which produces real-time 3-D images of the surgical site during the operation (5-988.3)	567
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.j1)	535
Treatment by injecting a medicine into an organ or tissue, or removal of excess fluid (effusion) e.g. from the joints (8-020.5)	385
Other operations on the muscles, tendons, their connective tissue sheaths or bursae (5-859.18)	234
Open surgical procedure on a joint (5-800.5g)	231
Surgical procedure on a joint by endoscopy (5-810.00)	215

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 2300

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

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

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
12	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*
7	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
7	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
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Universität Köln
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulatur; Möglichkeit des erforderlichen Praktikums in der Pflege für Medizinstudenten
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Zusätzlich wird die Ausbildung zur bzw. zum Medizinischen Fachangestellten in der Ambulanz der Klinik angeboten. Außerdem besteht eine Kooperation mit der Fliedner Fachhochschule in Düsseldorf Kaiserswerth für die praktische Ausbildung von Physician Assistance.