Hassab's decongestion operation

Hassab's decongestion operation is an elective surgical procedure to treat esophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension as a result of cirrhosis of the liver. It was created by Dr. Mohammed Aboul-Fotouh Hassab, a professor of surgery at Alexandria University in Egypt.

Hassab's decongestion operation
Specialty	Gastroenterology

Procedure

The approach is abdominal.

1. Splenectomy
2. Devascularization of the distal 7 cm of the esophagus
3. Devascularization of the proximal part of the stomach
4. Vagotomy and pyeloroplasty

References

• Khanna AK, Misra MK, Gupta S, Sharma OP, Jain AK, Gupta JP (July 1988). "Hassab's operation as an elective surgical procedure in portal hypertension". Indian J Gastroenterol. 7 (3): 153–4. PMID 3397137.