Trendelenburg-position Definition

noun
(medicine) A physical position that a patient is placed in by raising the inferior half by 30 degrees, especially useful for superior trauma or pelvic access.
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Origin of Trendelenburg-position

  • From Trendelenburg + position, after Friedrich Trendelenburg, the German surgeon developer of the position

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