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Ueber die Unterbindung der Vena saphena magna bei Unterschenkelvaricen.

Beitr. klin. Chir., 7, 195-210. 1890.

“Trendelenburg’s operation” – ligation of the great saphenous vein for the treatment of varicose veins in the leg. Reprinted, with translation, in Med. Classics, 1940, 4,989-1023. The paper also describes his test for insuffiency of the valves, a procedure previously described by Brodie (No. 2995).

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