Trendelenburgn.
/trɛnˈdɛlənbəːɡ/ Medicine.
Used in the possessive and attributively to designate certain phenomena observed and medical procedures invented by Trendelenburg, as Trendelenburg position n. (also Trendelenburg's position) an operating position in which the patient lies supine on a tilted table or bed with the pelvis higher than the head. Trendelenburg test n. (also Trendelenburg's test) (a) a test for disorders of the hip joint or gluteus muscles in which the patient stands on one leg and raises the other, a dropping of the pelvis on the unsupported side being a positive sign ( Trendelenburg's sign); (b) a test for varicose veins in which the leg is raised to drain it of blood and then quickly lowered, immediate and rapid distention of the leg veins indicating valve incompetence.
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Jennerian1801
Listerian1880
Pasteurian1887
Trendelenburg1892
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > [noun] > a surgical operation > position of patient in
Trendelenburg position1892
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > [noun] > of hip joint
hip disease1684
hip-joint disease1794
hip-evil1802
coxalgy1854
coxalgia1859
coxitis1878
Trendelenburg's sign1912
Perthes' disease1915
sacro-iliitis1934
Ortolani1955
the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > tests > [noun] > specific test > for hip disorders
Trendelenburg test1912
the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > tests > [noun] > specific test > for varicose veins
Trendelenburg test1912
1892 W. W. Keen & J. W. White Text-bk. Surg. II. iii. viii. 948 The further manipulations within the pelvis will be much facilitated by the elevation of the pelvis.., the position being known as Trendelenburg's position.
1907 Practitioner Aug. 288 The abdomen is opened with patient in the extreme Trendelenburg position.
1912 A. H. Tubby Deformities (ed. 2) I. iii. ix. 586 Trendelenburg's sign is this: If the patient stands on the affected limb and flexes the hip of the second side..the pelvis slips downwards on the sound side.
1923 Jones & Lovett Orthopedic Surg. xxvii. 556 The so-called Trendelenburg sign..is very characteristic and explains a good deal of the curious gait.
1930 H. Bailey Demonstr. Physical Signs Clin. Surg. (ed. 2) xxi. 214 Trendelenburg's test is not diagnostic of congenital hip disease.
1967 G. M. Wyburn et al. Conc. Anat. vi. 170/2 With paralysis of gluteus medius or minimus the pelvis drops on the unsupported side when standing on the affected limb (Trendelenberg's sign).
1974 J. D. Maynard in R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery xi. 239 Trendelenburg test... Confirmation of retrograde flow in the superficial veins is carried out.
1975 Year Bk. Ear, Nose & Throat 116 The patient is placed in the 8-degree reversed Trendelenburg position.
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