Illness	Number of cases
Coxarthrosis arthrosis of hip (M16.1)	666
Gonarthrosis arthrosis of knee (M17.1)	593
Varicose veins of lower extremities (I83.9)	485
Other spondylopathies (M48.06)	84
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	81
Other intervertebral disc disorders (M51.2)	72
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	68
Dorsalgia (M54.4)	61
Superficial injury of head (S00.85)	61
Other malignant neoplasms of skin (C44.3)	60

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Treatment of pain by the introduction of a liquid anaesthetic around other nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (8-915)	690
Surgical procedure to remove varicose veins from the leg (5-385.2)	643
Surgical procedure to remove varicose veins from the leg (5-385.4)	638
Surgical implantation of an artificial hip joint (5-820.00)	604
Surgical implantation of artificial knee joint (5-822.g1)	500
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)	451
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	389
(9-984.7)	319
Surgical procedure to remove varicose veins from the leg (5-385.70)	289
Computed tomography (CT) of the musculoskeletal system without contrast medium (3-205)	208

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 1500

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
26	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*
23	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
21	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

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung seit 2017 Kooperation mit dem Luisenhospital in Aachen und der Fraziska Schervier Schule in Stolberg. Dort findet die Theorie statt und die Praxis in der Eifelklinik St. Brigida. Im OP stehen Mentoren sowie mehrere Praxisanleiter/innen unterstützend zur Verfügung.
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Ausbildung seit 2021 in Kooperation mit der BZPG Würselen. In Würsen findet der theoretische Untericht statt und in der Eifelklinik die praktische Ausbildung. Im OP stehen Mentoren und mehrere Praxisanleiter/innen unterstützend zur Verfügung.
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Ausbildung seit 2017 in Kooperation mit dem Luisenhospital in Aachen und der Fraziska Schervier Schule in Stolberg. Dort findet die Theorie statt und die Praxis in der Eifelklinik St. Brigida. Auf den Stationen stehen Mentoren sowie mehrere Praxisanleiter/innen unterstützend zur Verfügung.