AUTHOR=Signore Francesca , Brascia Debora , Schiavone Marcella , De Iaco Giulia , Panza Teodora , De Palma Angela , Murgolo Francesco , Civita Antonio , Di Mussi Rosa , Grasso Salvatore , Marulli Giuseppe 

TITLE=Case Report: Inferior Bilobectomy for Lung Cancer to Allow Weaning From Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Surgery

VOLUME=Volume 8 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2021.736541

DOI=10.3389/fsurg.2021.736541

ISSN=2296-875X

ABSTRACT=<p>In recent years, veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-V ECMO) has allowed complex lung and airways resections in patients with a compromised perioperative respiratory function. In the following report, we present a case of successful weaning from V-V ECMO in a patient who underwent an inferior bilobectomy for lung cancer.</p>