Abstract:Patients with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) who receive a liver transplant (LT) reach a one-year post LT survival of 80–85%. The rule of abstinence from alcohol for 6 months before transplantation has been applied widely, but few data support the use of this rule as the only criterion for selecting LT candidates. Today, many liver transplant centers try to balance the duration of abstinence against the risk of death associated with the severity of ALD. Since 2011, an increasing number of papers suggests … Show more
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