Trendelenburg position

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Trendelenburg position

1. (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.

Translations

physical position that a patient is placed in by raising the inferior half by 30 degrees

• Portuguese: posição de Trendelenburg f