Mohammed Aboul-Fotouh Hassab was an Egyptian gastro-intestinal surgeon. He is known for the description of his operation

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 ...

for the treatment of

oesophageal varices Esophageal varices are extremely dilated sub-mucosal veins in the lower third of the esophagus. They are most often a consequence of portal hypertension, commonly due to cirrhosis. People with esophageal varices have a strong tendency to develop s ...

as a result of

portal hypertension Portal hypertension is abnormally increased portal venous pressure – blood pressure in the portal vein and its branches, that drain from most of the intestine to the liver. Portal hypertension is defined as a hepatic venous pressure gradient gr ...

. Hassab was one of the surgery professors in medical school at Alexandria University in Egypt.

Activities

* Hassab Operation, which is the treatment of bleeding esophageal varices, is taught in surgery world books.

Sources

الموسوعة القومية للشخصيات المصرية البارزة ج2EGYNEWS.NETAlexandria medical school
1913 births 2000 deaths Cairo University alumni Cairo University faculty Alexandria University faculty Egyptian surgeons 20th-century surgeons {{med-bio-stub