Umberto Cariboni

Included also in advanced thoracic Surgery

Is the surgery of sarcomas and rare tumors for which I am the referent for thoracic surgery in Humanitas.

Sarcomas are rare tumors that grow in non parenchymal organs, such as bones, muscles, vessels and often develop in young people.
Ad oggi la chirurgia rappresenta la migliore e, a volte, l’unica possibilità di cura di queste patologie, spesso a fronte di interventi molto complessi ed At present, surgery is the best, and sometimes, the only possibility to treat these diseases, often compared to operations that are very complex and invasive.
Hence the need for a board of experts in order to approach these diseases, both from a medical and surgical perspective, in hospitals with national reference such as Humanitas.

Being an expert in sarcomas and rare tumors, I became the referent for brain surgery and orthopedic cancer surgery at the Galeazzi Hospital in Milan regarding the removal of large masses that invade the spinal column.
Most recently, as head of metastatic surgery, in 2017, along with my colleagues, I published our case study (article published in the magazine American Journal of Clinical Oncology) which to date seems to be the largest case study ever to be published.

Interest in tracheal Surgery and its development

It started by attending Prof. Klepekto’s department at the University of Vienna in 2017.
Thanks to this participation, I began doing tracheal operations in Humanitas regarding oncological diseases and/or post-intubation scar stenosis. In collaboration with Prof. Spriano, Head of the Otolaryngology (ENT) unit in our Hospital, we also performed very complex tracheal operations such as, most recently, a resection of six tracheal rings in a young man about 30 years old with a rare type of tumor.