Illness	Number of cases
Cellulitis (L03.01)	60
Cellulitis (L03.10)	44
Fracture at wrist and hand level (S62.63)	31
Lipomatosis not elsewhere classified (E88.22)	30
Birth injury to peripheral nervous system - Other brachial plexus birth injuries (P14.3)	30
Malignant melanoma of skin (C43.5)	26
Malignant melanoma of skin (C43.7)	24
Burn and corrosion of hip and lower limb except ankle and foot (T24.20)	22
Atrophic disorders of skin - Scar conditions and fibrosis of skin (L90.5)	21
Burn and corrosion of head and neck (T20.20)	21

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	480
Temporary covering of soft tissue injuries with skin or artificial skin (5-916.a1)	247
Other operations on blood vessels (5-399.2)	154
Dressings for large areas of skin or serious skin diseases (8-191.10)	123
Specific dressing techniques (8-190.40)	110
(5-896.1f)	108
Operation to divide adhesions around a nerve or to relieve pressure on the nerve or to abolish the nerve function (5-056.40)	102
Other surgical incision into the skin or subcutaneous tissues (5-892.19)	98
Simple surgical closure of the skin or the subcutaneous tissues after injuries, e.g. with a suture (5-900.09)	93
Treatment procedures requiring dyes (5-989)	93

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1900

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

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

No.	Explanation
CQ03
CQ01
CQ02
CQ05
CQ08

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

Number	Group
675	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*
86	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
39	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	128 Universitätsprofessuren (W1, W2, W3) 182 apl-Professoren 224 Privatdozenten 57 Lehrbeauftragte
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Humanmedizin: 2106 Studierende Übrige Studiengänge: 673 Studierende
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Es existiert eine Vielzahl von Kooperationen zwischen den verschiedenen Lehrstühlen der Fakultät und in- und ausländischen Hochschulen und Universitäten. Die Forschungsberichte der einzelnen Kliniken und Institute sind auf unserer Homepage unter www.ukaachen.de - Kliniken & Institute zu finden.
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Details unter: www.ukaachen.de - Kliniken & Institute
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Details unter: www.ukaachen.de - Kliniken & Institute
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Dazu wird auf die Forschungsberichte der einzelnen Kliniken und Institute verwiesen, die www.ukaachen.de - Kliniken & Institute zu finden sind.
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Professoren der Medizinischen Fakultät fungierten bei rund 60 wissenschaftlichen Journalen als Herausgeber bzw. Mitherausgeber (z. B. Nervenarzt, Nephrology etc.).
Doctoral supervision	Verpflichtende Betreuungsvereinbarung seit 2010, die mindestens ein Jahr vor Abgabe der Promotion vorliegen muss und in der die Rechte und Pflichten von Betreuer und Doktorand klar geregelt sind.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Schule für Physiotherapie Tel: +49 241 80 88039 Fax:+49 241 80 82503 E-Mail: physiotherapie-schule@ukaachen.de
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)	Schule für Logopädie Tel.:+49 241 80 89967 Fax.:+49 241 80 82503 E-Mail: logopaedie@ukaachen.de
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)	Schule für Medizinisch Technische Laboratoriums- und Radiologieassistenten/innen Tel.:+49 241 80 88094 E-Mail: eschoenen@ukaachen.de
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Schule für Medizinisch Technische Laboratoriums- und Radiologieassistenten/innen Tel.:+49 241 80 85988 E-Mail: mwiertz@ukaachen.de Tel.:+49 241 80 35955 E-Mail: ioffenhaeusser@ukaachen.de
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Bewerbungsmanagement – Personalmanagement Pflegedirektion Telefon:+49 241 80-85834 E-Mail: csack@ukaachen.de
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Bewerbungsmanagement – Personalmanagement Pflegedirektion Telefon:+49 241 80-85834 E-Mail: csack@ukaachen.de
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Schule für Gesundheits-, Kinderkranken- und Krankenpflege Telefon:+49 241 80 89484 Fax:+49 241 80 82534 E-Mail: pflegeschule@ukaachen.de
HB19	Nursing professionals	Schule für Gesundheits-, Kinderkranken- und Krankenpflege Telefon:+49 241 80 89484 Fax:+49 241 80 82534 E-Mail: pflegeschule@ukaachen.de
HB10	Midwife (m/f)
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Schule für Gesundheits-, Kinderkranken- und Krankenpflege Telefon:+49 241 80 89484 Fax:+49 241 80 82534 E-Mail: pflegeschule@ukaachen.de
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)	Schule für Gesundheits-, Kinderkranken- und Krankenpflege Telefon:+49 241 80 89484 E-Mail: pflegeschule@ukaachen.de