title: Starfish heart positioner and harmonic scalpel for redo off-pump coronary bypass.
abstract: In a redo off-pump coronary artery bypass operation through a repeat median sternotomy, use of the Starfish Heart Positioner in combination with the Harmonic Scalpel may facilitate dissection of adhesions without hemodynamic impairment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Daini Hospital, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 2-1-10 Nishiogu, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo 116-8567, Japan. niinamca@dnh.twmu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Niinami
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suda
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D004210:Dissection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans