knee-elbow p

The position in which the head of the patient's bed is raised 18 or 20 inches above the level, left occipito -anterior p. Syn.: first p. That p. of the fetal head, in vertex presentations, in which the occiput is directed toward the mother's left side and somewhat anteriorly, left occipitoposterior p. That p. of the fetal head, in vertex presentations, in which the occiput is directed toward the mother's left side and somewhat posteriorly, lithotomy p. The p. in which a patient is placed for lithotomy (i. e., in the dorsal p. with the thighs strongly flexed on the abdomen and abducted, and the legs flexed upon the thighs), men to anterior p. (of the face). That p. of the fetal head in which, in face presentations, the chin is directed to the mother's right or left and somewhat forward, mento-iliac p.