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Trendelenburg position en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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.

Translations (1)

pt posição de Trendelenburg (physical position that a patient is placed in by raising the inferior half by 30 degrees)