Pericardium reconstruction with the starfish heart positioner after extended thymectomy with combined left side pericardium resection

Kimihiro Shimizu; Tetsuhiro Nakano; Seiichi Kakegawa; Yoichi Ohtaki; Toshiteru Nagashima; Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara; Jun Atsumi; Hitoshi Igai; Izumi Takeyoshi

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.06.069

Pericardium reconstruction with the starfish heart positioner after extended thymectomy with combined left side pericardium resection

Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Dec;94(6):2136-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.06.069.

Authors

Kimihiro Shimizu¹, Tetsuhiro Nakano, Seiichi Kakegawa, Yoichi Ohtaki, Toshiteru Nagashima, Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara, Jun Atsumi, Hitoshi Igai, Izumi Takeyoshi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic and Visceral Organ Surgery, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, and Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Gunma, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 23176938
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.06.069

Abstract

We describe the use of the Starfish 2 heart positioning device as an aid to pericardium reconstruction after en bloc resection of mediastinal tumors of the left pericardium by use of median sternotomy with anterolateral thoracotomy. The Starfish device, which is a tool for off-pump coronary artery procedures, allows excellent cardiac positioning and hemodynamic stability during pericardium reconstruction through a median sternotomy with anterolateral thoracotomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Equipment Design
Humans
Pericardiectomy / instrumentation*
Pericardium / surgery*
Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
Sternotomy / instrumentation
Thoracotomy / instrumentation
Thymectomy / methods*
Thymoma / surgery
Thymus Neoplasms / surgery