Does nitric oxide synthase inhibition increase venular leukocyte rolling and adhesion in septic rats?
Although NOS inhibition may ameliorate hypotension in sepsis, such therapy may be deleterious by increasing leukocyte adhesion.
Esophagectomy rates did not differ when synchronous or antecedent head and neck cancers were present. Similar postoperative morbidity and mortality rates could be achieved. The presence of additional head and neck tumors imparted a worse long-term prognosis.