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.
Procedure
The approach is abdominal.
- Splenectomy
- Devascularization of the distal 7 cm of the esophagaus
- Devascularization of the proximal part of the stomach
- Vagotomy and pyeloroplasty
References
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