Trendelenburg position

Meaning

Noun

  • 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.

Origin

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

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