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. It has proved to be one of the most effective operations to treat bleeding varices and is used widely to treat such patients.

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

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.

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