Friedrich Trendelenburg

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{{Short description|German surgeon}}
{{for|the philosopher|Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg}}
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[[File:Friedrich Trendelenburg.jpg|thumb|Friedrich Trendelenburg]]

'''Friedrich Trendelenburg''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|r|ɛ|n|d|əl|ən|b|ɜr|ɡ}};<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Trendelenburg}}</ref> {{IPA|de|ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈtʁɛndələnbʊʁk|lang}}; 24 May 1844{{snd}}15 December 1924) was a German [[surgeon]]. He was son of the [[philosophy|philosopher]] [[Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg]], father of the [[pharmacology|pharmacologist]] [[Paul Trendelenburg]], the physiologist [[Wilhelm Trendelenburg]] and of the politician [[Ernst Trendelenburg]] and grandfather of the pharmacologist [[Ullrich Georg Trendelenburg]].

Trendelenburg was born in [[Berlin]] and studied [[medicine]] at the [[University of Glasgow]] and the [[University of Edinburgh]]. He completed his studies at the [[Charité|Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin]] under [[Bernhard von Langenbeck]], receiving his doctorate in 1866. He practiced medicine at the [[University of Rostock]] and the [[University of Bonn]]. In 1895 he became surgeon-in-chief at the [[University of Leipzig]].

Trendelenburg was interested in the history of surgery. He founded the [[German Surgical Society]] in 1872. Trendelenburg was also interested in the surgical removal of [[pulmonary embolism|pulmonary emboli]]. His student [[Martin Kirschner]] performed the first successful [[pulmonary embolectomy]] in 1924, shortly before Trendelenburg's death. He died in 1924 of cancer of the [[Human mandible|mandible]], aged 80.

==Named after Friedrich Trendelenburg==
A number of medical treatments and terminologies have been named after Friedrich Trendelenburg, including:
* [[Brodie–Trendelenburg percussion test]] (also accredited to [[Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet|Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie]]) is a test for incompetent valves in [[superficial vein]]s.
* [[Trendelenburg's cannula]]: a [[cannula]] used during surgery of the [[larynx]] to prevent the patient from swallowing blood during surgery involving the head and neck.
* [[Trendelenburg gait]]: an abnormal [[Gait (human)|gait]] caused by weakness of the [[Abduction (kinesiology)|abductor muscles]] of the [[lower limb]], including the [[gluteus medius muscle]] and [[gluteus minimus muscle]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Kreder |first=Hans J. |title=5 - THE HIP |date=2010-01-01 |work=Fam's Musculoskeletal Examination and Joint Injection Techniques (Second Edition) |pages=45–63 |editor-last=Lawry |editor-first=George V. |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780323065047100053 |access-date=2021-02-27 |place=Philadelphia |publisher=Mosby |language=en |doi=10.1016/b978-0-323-06504-7.10005-3 |isbn=978-0-323-06504-7 |last2=Jerome |first2=Dana |editor2-last=Kreder |editor2-first=Hans J. |editor3-last=Hawker |editor3-first=Gillian A. |editor4-last=Jerome |editor4-first=Dana |editor3-link=Gillian Hawker|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[Trendelenburg operation]]: ligation of the [[great saphenous vein]], for the treatment of [[varicose veins]]. This term may also apply to [[pulmonary thrombectomy]].
* [[Trendelenburg position]], in which the patient is placed on a bed which is put into incline such that the patient's head is lower than his feet.
* [[Reverse Trendelenburg position]], in which the patient is placed on a bed which is put into incline such that the patient's feet is lower than his head.
* [[Trendelenburg's sign]]: a sign of congenital dislocation of the hip.
* [[Trendelenburg's test]]: a test for varicose veins as well as a test to assess hip mobility.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Winbush |first1=Donald E. |title=Varicose Vein Sufferers Getting Some Relief |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61451365/friedrich-trendelenburg-1844-1924/ |work=The Atlanta Constitution |date=September 29, 1992 |location=Atlanta, GA |page=22 |accessdate=October 20, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of eponymous medical signs]]

==References==
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* [http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/976.html Who Named It: Friedrich Trendelenburg]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030226082758/http://www.surgical-tutor.org.uk/default-home.htm?surgeons%2Ftrendelenberg.htm~right Surgical-Tutor.org]

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