Objective: To determine if use of reabsorbing mesh stops hemorrhage and avoids spleen removal in abdominal trauma. Design: Experimental study. Setting: Experimental Surgery Service, of both UNMSM and Children’s Hospital. Materials: Reabsorbing mesh (polyglycolic acid), rats, anesthesia, minor surgery equipment, materials for anatomical tissues. Interventions: Under general anesthesia rats were opened by midline incision to expose the spleen, which was injured in 1st, 2nd and 3rd degrees, then covered with reabsorbing mesh, fixing with catgut 3/0 and pressing until bleeding was restrained; then abdominal cavity was closed with vicryl 3/0. Clinical evaluation was done at 24, 48 and 72 hours post-surgery to observe survival, then re-opened randomly at 15, 30 days and 3 months to see the presence of adhesions and mesh reabsorption. Main outcome measures: Survival, adhesions, mesh reabsorpt...

Ignorance of the sustainability of coffee systems compromises the continuity of productive activities by weakening their economic viability, environmental integrity and social cohesion over time, which is why it is essential to carry out diagnoses. This study aimed to assess the sustainability level of coffee farms associated with the Cooperativa Agraria Cafetalera La Prosperidad de Chirinos. From January to March 2024, data were collected from 60 farms out of a population of 788. The analysis was based on nine criteria: six environmental (soil quality, crop health, solid waste and effluent management, integrated pest and disease management, ecological knowledge, and agricultural system), two economic (agricultural economy and food sovereignty), and one social (social aspects). To identify groups of farmers with homogeneous characteristics, a cluster analysis was performed and the level ...