Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Tren·de·len·burg position Pronunciation:
'tren-d&l-&n-"b&rg- Function:
noun : a position of the bodyfor 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 thetable
Trenádeálenáburg /'tren-d&-l&n-"burk,/ Friedrich (1844–1924), German surgeon. A professor of surgery, Trendelenburg was the author of numerousarticles. 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.
