Neck mestastasis from unknown origin-results of planned primary surgery and post-operative radiation therapy.

Ninety-two patients with metastasis of unknown origin were studied between 1986 and 1997 at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, India. Treatment included planned primary radical neck dissection followed by radiotherapy. Sixty-seven patients completed our multimodal therapy.

Surgical speech restoration by tracheo-oesophageal puncture--Kidwai experience.

This paper addresses our experience with primary (15 patients) and secondary (8 patients) tracheo-oesophageal puncture (TEP) in the laryngectomee. Despite a success rate of 93.3 percent in the primary TEP and 62.