Illness	Number of cases
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)	176
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)	164
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	144
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	71
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K43.2)	54
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	52
Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.00)	43
Umbilical hernia - Umbilical hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K42.9)	34
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	30
Obesity - Obesity due to excessive calorie intake - Obesity grade III WHO in patients 18 years and older body mass index BMI of 60 and more. (E66.08)	22

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
(5-98c.1)	362
Computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast medium (3-225)	262
Rarely used surgical technique for partial removal of the stomach (5-434.51)	209
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	159
Surgical connection between the stomach and small intestine bypassing the duodenum, without removing the stomach (5-445.51)	155
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.31)	154
Reconstructive surgery of the abdominal wall or the peritoneum (5-546.3)	151
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	136
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	103
(9-984.7)	63

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Department key: 1500

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Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
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Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)
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Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
47	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*
46	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
46	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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Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	APL der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Doctoral supervision