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Trendelenburg's cannula
Associated persons:
Friedrich Trendelenburg
Description:
Trendelenburg described tampon cannula as early as in 1861. It is used for preventing patients from swallowing blood during operations of the larynx.
Bibliography:
- F. Trendelenburg:
Beiträge zu den Operationen an den Luftwegen.
[von Langenbeck’s] Archiv für klinische Chirurgie, Berlin, 1871, 12: 112-133.
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