Vittorio Sgarbi, hospitalized at the Gemelli Polyclinic, underwent a percutaneous tracheostomy due to the difficulty in weaning from ventilatory support, despite the improvement in his pulmonary condition.
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Vittorio Sgarbi is currently hospitalized at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic due to pulmonary complications.
The conditions of Vittorio Sgarbi, hospitalized at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, "remain stable", but he underwent percutaneous tracheostomy surgery. This is explained by the new medical bulletin issued by the Polyclinic and signed by Professor Massimo Antonelli.
"Despite the improvement in the pulmonary picture and the pulmonary microembolism that occurred, the current inability to wean from ventilatory support has made a percutaneous tracheostomy necessary", communicates Gemelli. Percutaneous tracheostomy, or tracheotomy, is a minimally invasive procedure that creates an opening (stoma) in the trachea through the front of the neck to insert a breathing tube.

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