title: Pericardium reconstruction with the starfish heart positioner after extended thymectomy with combined left side pericardium resection.
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.
authors.affiliation: 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. kmshimizu@gmail.com
authors.forename: Kimihiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Tetsuhiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kakegawa
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohtaki
authors.forename: Toshiteru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagashima
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamiyoshihara
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Atsumi
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Igai
authors.forename: Izumi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takeyoshi
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D013934:Thymectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery