| Bier, August | <person> German surgeon, 1861-1949. See: Bier's amputation, Bier's hyperaemia, Bier's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Bier's amputation | Osteoplastic amputation of tibia and fibula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bier's hyperaemia | An obsolete term for hyperaemia produced by Bier's method. Collateral hyperaemia, increased blood flow through abundant collateral channels when the circulation through the main artery to a part is arrested, as when the blood supply to one lung or to a portion of it is occluded the blood flow to the other lung or portion of a lung is increased. Constriction hyperaemia, obsolete term for hyperaemia produced by Bier's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bier's method | Treatment of various surgical conditions by reactive hyperaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |