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Trendelenburg
Trendelenburg could refer to:
- Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (1802–1872), German philosopher and philologist
- His son, Friedrich Trendelenburg (1844–1924), German surgeon
- Trendelenburg gait
- Trendelenburg position
- Trendelenburg test
- Trendelenburg's sign
- Trendelenburg's operation - great saphenous vein ligation as a treatment of varicose veins.
Usage examples of "trendelenburg".
Trendelenburg used it during genitourinary surgery to tilt the abdominal organs up and out of the way.
It put the patient into the Trendelenburg position prior to correcting the main cause for the blood pressure fall.