A series of 61 patients are presented

among them 38 patients(twenty with cancer of esophagus

two with cancer of cardia

four with cancer of the upper part of st- omach

and radical resection were done in all of them)have been supported by TPN during perioperative and postoperative period

none of leakage at the anastomostic stoma occured; five paients with external fistulas of the alimentary tract supported by TPN healed spontaneously in four

operative closure of fistula was necessary in one

and all were cured. TPN was used in other 18 patients with miscellaneous disease

among them two of the patients with acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis were cured.One patient with major nutritional problem is presented in detail

for whom TPN had been continued for 225 days.