title: Innovative use of the octopus stabilizer in the excision of a cardiac hydatid cyst.
abstract: Hydatid disease is caused through Echinococcus granulosus infection. Hydatid disease remains endemic in developing countries. The majority of cases involve the lungs or liver. We report the case of a patient diagnosed with concurrent mediastinal and cardiac cysts. In this patient, the Octopus IV cardiac stabilizer was used to rotate the heart after the excision of the mediastinal cyst, enabling the excision of a cyst adherent to left ventricle through a single median sternotomy incision. To date, there have been no reports of the application of the Octopus IV cardiac stabilizer in such a way.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK hlmmusle@liv.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Mohammud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Musleh
authors.affiliation: Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK.
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abuhussein
authors.affiliation: Northwest Heart Centre, University Hospitals of South Manchester, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Ghassan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Musleh
authors.affiliation: Northwest Heart Centre, University Hospitals of South Manchester, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Waterworth