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Abstract: Benign cystic mesothelioma is a very rare and uncommon lesion, first reported by Plaut in 1928. It affects young women of reproductive age. It is usually asymptomatic or has non-specific symptoms. Diagnosis remains difficult despite the evolution of imaging, and the histopathological study is the key examination to make the diagnosis. Surgery remains the only curative treatment, regardless of significant rate of recurrence, and until today, no consensus on the therapeutic strategy is established., (Copyright © 2023 Copyright: © 2023 Journal of Minimal Access Surgery.)

Purpose: This study aimed to analyze postoperative and 90-day morbidity and mortality and their risk factors in all digestive cancer curative intent resections of a single digestive surgical department in a low-mid income country., Methods: All consecutive patients who underwent a surgical resection for digestive cancer with a curative intent between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021, were included. This is a retrospective analysis of a prospective cancer surgery database managed during the period. Patterns and factors associated with increased morbidity and mortality were analyzed and presented in tabular and descriptive forms., Results: Seventy-six patients were included, 38 (50%) were men with a mean age of 59 years (±13.5). Forty patients (52.63%) had tumors locally advanced, staged CT3-CT4 on preoperative imagery. Thirty-three of our population (43.42%) had laparoscopic surgery (conversion rate at 12.12%). In immediate preoperative, the morbidity rate was 36.84%; among each, 7 patients (9.21%) had serious complications (>2 Clavien-Dindo grade), and mortality rate was 5.26%. At 90 days after surgery, morbidity remained the same, and mortality increased to 7.9%. Risk factors for increased morbidity and mortality were female gender, obesity, high levels of carcinoembryonic antigen, hypoalbuminemia, laparotomy approach, hand sewn anastomosis, prolonged operating time, and wide drainage (p < 0.05)., Conclusions: This study provides figures on mortality and morbidity related to digestive cancer curative surgery in a low-mid income country digestive department and discusses risk factors increasing postoperative complications and death., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)

Introduction and Importance: Meddle segment pancreatectomy (MP) is a parenchyma-sparing surgical procedure that has recently been proposed for treatment of benign or attenuated malignant tumors. However, this procedure is not fully recognized., Case Presentation: We herein report 3 patients undergoing MP for tumors of pancreas body and tail. The first patient was a 38-year-old woman with a neuroendocrine tumor, the second was a 42-year-old woman with a serous cystic neoplasm and the 3rd patient was 57 years old, with mucinous cystadenoma. A MP with spleen preservation was performed in the 3 patients, with ligatures of splenic vessels in the first patient. Only one patient developed a pancreatic fistula, which was managed medically. In our 3 patients, no endocrine or exocrine insufficiency was observed, but the first patient showed a disease recurrence with liver metastasis 3 years after surgery., Clinical Discussion: Middle pancreatectomy can not only avoid the pancreatic effects of extensive resections, but it is also a technique that has a very low operative or postoperative mortality rate., Conclusion: MP is a feasible, safe procedure with several advantages, but which unfortunately remains rarely practiced., Competing Interests: Conflict of interest N/A., (Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)

Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria (PGPB) of the genus Azospirillum are known to enhance root growth and yield in many plant species including cereals. To probe the underlying mechanisms, correlations between modifications of yield and 6-leaf plantlet characteristics were estimated on maize in four fields with contrasting soil properties over two consecutive years using the commercial isolate A. lipoferum CRT1. In both years, plantlet metabolome, photosynthetic potential and organ morphology were found to display field- and inoculation-specific signatures. Metabolomic analyses revealed that A. lipoferum CRT1 mostly affected sugar metabolism with no suggested impact on N and P assimilation. Mineral nitrogen feeding increased yield but did not affect yield enhancement by the bacterial partner. However, greater improvements of leaf photosynthetic potential correlated with yield diminutions and larger plantlets in all of their proportions correlated with yield enhancements. Bacterial inoculation restored proper seed-to-adult plant ratio when it accidentally dropped below 80%. Only in these cases did it raise yield. All in all, securing mature plant density is hypothesized as being the primary driver of A. lipoferum CRT1-mediated yield enhancement in maize fields.