Surgery of the Laryngo‐pharynx and Cervical Oesophagus

Abstract

Summary 1. the difficulties of treatment of carcinomata of the laryngo‐pharynx and cervical 2. reference is made to some misconceptions about treatment and the place of radio therapy and surgery. 3. brief reference is made to pathology, symptomatology and diagnosis. 4. operative treatment is illustrated by methods employed in a personal series of 25 cases, averaging 62 years. 20 major excision operations were carried out, and numerous secondary precedures mainly associated with reconstruction of an artificial pharynx. there was one late post‐operative death. 5. operative methods are discussed, and some account is given of operative results.