Trendelenburg position

Trendelenburg position
Tren·de·len·burg position 'tren-dəl-ən-.bərg- n a position of the body for medical examination or operation in which the patient is placed head down on a table inclined at about 45 degrees from the floor with the knees uppermost and the legs hanging over the end of the table
Tren·de·len·burg 'tren-də-lən-.bu̇rk Friedrich (1844-1924)
German surgeon. A professor of surgery, Trendelenburg was the author of numerous articles. It was in an 1890 paper on vesicovaginal fistula that he presented the advantages of an elevated pelvic position for operations within the abdominal cavity.

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a special operating-table posture for patients undergoing surgery of the pelvis or for patients suffering from shock to reduce blood loss in operations on the legs. The patient is laid on his back with the pelvis higher than the head, inclined at an angle of about 45°.
F. Trendelenburg (1844-1924), German surgeon

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the patient lies supine on the table or bed, the head of which is tilted downward 30 to 40 degrees, and the table or bed angulated beneath the knees.


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