Combined off-pump coronary surgery and left lung resection through midline sternotomy with a Medtronic Starfish 2 Heart Positioner.
Concomitant lung malignancy and coronary artery disease is uncommon. When the left lung is involved, the approach is considered to be staged or through left thoracotomy. We present a patient who was operated on for left pneumonectomy and off-pump coronary surgery through a midline sternotomy with the use of a Medtronic Starfish 2 Heart Positioner.
Tan
M E S H
ME
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands. erwintan@tiscali.nl
Van Boven
W J
WJ
Van Swieten
E A
EA
D000368:Aged; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*