Illness	Number of cases
Inguinal hernia - Unilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.90)	141
Calculus of gallbladder with chronic cholecystitis without obstruction (K80.10)	107
Inguinal hernia - Bilateral inguinal hernia without obstruction or gangrene not specified as recurrent (K40.20)	61
Diverticular disease of intestine - Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess without bleeding (K57.32)	61
Malignant neoplasm of rectum (C20)	58
Diaphragmatic hernia - Diaphragmatic hernia without obstruction or gangrene (K44.9)	57
Ventral hernia - Incisional hernia with obstruction without gangrene (K43.0)	56
Acute appendicitis (K35.8)	55
Umbilical hernia - Umbilical hernia with obstruction without gangrene (K42.0)	55
Acute appendicitis - Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis without perforation or gangrene (K35.30)	40

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the abdominal cavity or its organs by endoscopy (1-694)	280
Additional information for investigations (1-999.1)	219
Type of material used for tissue replacement and tissue reinforcement (5-932.43)	213
Surgical removal of the gall bladder (5-511.11)	179
Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia (5-530.32)	165
Operation using a surgical robot (5-987.0)	133
Insertion or exchange of a tube (catheter) in a large vein (8-831.0)	129
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)	119
Surgical removal of the appendix - appendicectomy (5-470.11)	115
Surgical opening of the abdominal cavity or tissue lying behind (retroperitoneum) (5-541.0)	91

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Diabetes mellitus Typ 2

Angebot des MVZ Westdeutsches Diabetes- und Gesundheitszentrum

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
86	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*
60	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
57	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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Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Prof. Dr. Hartmann, Prof. Dr. Lüthen, Prof. Dr. Giagounidis. Prof. Dr. Diederich, Prof. Dr. Mazinani , Prof. Bastian
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Prof. Dr. med. Diederich MHD. Regelmäßige Unterrichtsveranstaltungen (PJ- Programm). Praktische Studentenausbildung am VKKD (Unterricht der Medizinstudenten im 7. und 8. Fachsemester der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf in Praxisblöcken.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Zahlreiche Studien in der Klinik für Hämatologie / Onkologie und Klinik für Neurologie Institut für spezielle Pharmakotherapie im Rahmen des Interdisziplinären Onkologischen Zentrums und dem Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie.
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Phase II: Auf Nachfrage, wechselnde Studienbeteiligungen Institut für spezielle Pharmakotherapie im Rahmen des Interdisziplinären Onkologischen Zentrums
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Studierendenausbildung, Praxisblockstudenten, Modellstudiengang Medizin HHU,
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Mitgl. des Editorial board: Prof. Bastian "Aktuelle Urologie", Prof. Dr. Giagounidis "Journal of Clinical Oncology". Prof. Dr. Diederich Cancer Imaging: Deputy Editor, RadiologieUp2date: kardiopul. Radiologie.
Doctoral supervision	Prof. Dr. Diederich, Prof. Dr. Hartmann, Prof. Dr. Jander, Prof. Dr. Lüthen, Prof. Dr. Giagounidis, Prof. Dr. Mazinani, Prof. Dr. Bastian

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Die Einrichtungen des VKKD gehören zu den katholischen Krankenhausträger aus Düsseldorf, Neuss und Ratingen, die in 2005 eine gemeinsame Krankenpflegeschule gegründet haben. Die St. Elisabeth-Akademie hat zum 01.06.2005 als eigenständige gGmbH in Betrieb aufgenommen.
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)	Die Einrichtungen des VKKD gehören zu den katholischen Krankenhausträgern aus Düsseldorf, Neuss und Ratingen, die in 2005 eine gemeinsame Krankenpflegeschule gegründet haben. Die St. Elisabeth-Akademie hat zum 01.06.2005 als eigenständige gGmbH ihren Betrieb aufgenommen.
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Praktische Ausbildung von MTRA-Schülern der MTRA-Schule des Universitätsklinikums Düsseldorf.
HB06	Occupational therapist (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	In Zusammenarbeit mit der Medical School academia chirurgica GmbH und der CTA-Schule Kaiserswerther Diakonie. Ausbildungsstätte für OTA und CTA
HB10	Midwife (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB16	Dietician (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Die Einrichtungen des VKKD gehören zu den katholischen Krankenhausträgern aus Düsseldorf, Neuss und Ratingen, die in 2005 eine gemeinsame Krankenpflegeschule gegründet haben. Die St. Elisabeth-Akademie hat zum 01.06.2005 als eigenständige gGmbH ihren Betrieb aufgenommen.
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.