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Mohammed Aboul-Fotouh Hassab
Egyptian surgeon
Mohammed Aboul-Fotouh Hassab (Egyptian Arabic: محمد أبو الفتوح حساب) (2 December 1913 – 2000) was an Egyptian gastro-intestinal surgeon. He is known for the description of his operation Hassab's decongestion operation for the treatment of oesophageal varices as a result of portal hypertension. Hassab was one of the surgery professors in medical school at Alexandria University in Egypt.