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will represents two cases of young females with trichobezoar that results from trichophagia and their management. Results: There are several treatment options for trichobezoar removal. Usually the start with simple procedure i.e. upper endoscopy that can be diagnostic and therapeutic depends on the bezoar size which is usually not successful that require a small size bezoars in order to be helpful in the removal. The first report of successful endoscopic removal of a trichobezoar concerned a relatively small one, weighing only 55 g [2]. It is an important tool to begin with for the management of trachobezoar even with large bezoars to assess the size and the extension. However, patient with trichobezoar can underwent more aggressive interventions like laparoscopy that can be converted in to an open laparotomy which is always successful especially with large size bezoars, like the patient in case 2. Nirasawa et al. [3] were the first to report on laparoscopic removal of a trichobezoar. On the other hand, trichobezoars

demand aggressive treatment, often implying surgical intervention, without which mortality rates may be high [4,5,6]. Furthermore, trichobezoars are usually associated to underlying psychiatric disorders, such as depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, body dysmorphic disorder and, particularly, trichotillomania or trichophagia like in our case 1 and 2 [7,8.9]. Prevention therapy by psychiatric evaluation and nutritional support should click here be considered. Conclusion: There are several treatment options

for trichobezoar removal. Usually the start with simple procedure i.e. upper endoscopy that can be diagnostic and therapeutic depends on the bezoar size which is usually not Dehydratase successful that require a small size bezoars in order to be helpful in the removal. Furthermore, trichobezoars are usually associated to underlying psychiatric disorders, such as depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, body dysmorphic disorder and, particularly, trichotillomania or trichophagia like in our case 1 and 2 [7,8.9]. Prevention therapy by psychiatric evaluation and nutritional support should be considered. Key Word(s): 1. Trichobezoar; 2. Trachophagia; 3. Management; Presenting Author: WEI-YING CHEN Additional Authors: HSIU-CHI CHENG, JUNG-DER WANG, BOR-SHYANG SHEU Corresponding Author: WEI-YING CHEN Affiliations: National Cheng Kung University Hospital Objective: The study estimated the life expectancy (LE) and the expected years of life lost (EYLL) by a newly developed semi-parametric method after diagnosis of gastric cancer, and aimed to assess whether different pathological types, gender and tumor location determined such LE and EYLL. Methods: 33,556 gastric cancer patients registered during 1998 to 2007 in Taiwan Cancer Registry were enrolled to follow-up until the end of 2010. From the life table of the general population, Monte Carlo simulation was used to calculate the survival function.