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=In recent years, veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has allowed complex lung and airways resections in patients with a compromised peri-operative 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.