Many concerns about liver transplantation in alcoholic patients are related to the risk of alcohol recidivism. Starting from 2002, an Alcohol Addiction Unit (AAU) was formed within the liver transplant center for the management of alcoholic patients affected by end-stage liver disease and included in the waiting list for transplantation. We evaluated retrospectively the impact of the AAU on alcohol recidivism after transplantation. The relationship between alcohol recidivism and the duration of alcohol abstinence before transplant was evaluated as well.
Addolorato, G., Mirijello, A., Leggio, L., Ferrulli, A., D'Angelo, C., Vassallo, G. A., Gasbarrini, G. B., Landolfi, R., Agnes, S., Gasbarrini, A., Liver transplantation in alcoholic patients: impact of an alcohol addiction unit within a liver transplant center, <<ALCOHOLISM>>, 2013; 37 (9): 1601-1608. [doi:10.1111/acer.12117] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/52221]
Liver transplantation in alcoholic patients: impact of an alcohol addiction unit within a liver transplant center
Addolorato, Giovanni;Mirijello, Antonio;Leggio, Lorenzo;Ferrulli, Anna;D'Angelo, Cristina;Vassallo, Gabriele Angelo;Gasbarrini, Giovanni Battista;Landolfi, Raffaele;Agnes, Salvatore;Gasbarrini, Antonio
2013
Abstract
Many concerns about liver transplantation in alcoholic patients are related to the risk of alcohol recidivism. Starting from 2002, an Alcohol Addiction Unit (AAU) was formed within the liver transplant center for the management of alcoholic patients affected by end-stage liver disease and included in the waiting list for transplantation. We evaluated retrospectively the impact of the AAU on alcohol recidivism after transplantation. The relationship between alcohol recidivism and the duration of alcohol abstinence before transplant was evaluated as well.
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