English Explanatory Dictionary

Trendelenburg position

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Trendelenburg position

Etymology

From Trendelenburg + position, after Friedrich Trendelenburg, the German surgeon who developed the position.

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