Hassab's decongestion operation is an elective
surgical procedure
Surgery ''cheirourgikē'' (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via la, chirurgiae, meaning "hand work". is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pat ...
to treat
esophageal 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 ...
in patients with
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 ...
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.
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Procedure
The approach is abdominal.
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Splenectomy
# Devascularization of the distal 7 cm of the esophagus
# Devascularization of the proximal part of the stomach
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Vagotomy and pyeloroplasty
References
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Digestive system surgery