Is the multidisciplinary support effective in preventing alcohol relapse after liver transplantation?

Introduction: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is one of the main indications for liver transplantation (LT) reaching about 30% in Europe and the United States. One of the most important burden in patients transplanted for ALD is alcohol relapse. In fact, according to the literature, the 20–50% of patients experience alcohol relapse in the first 5 years after LT. With this in mind, a program of program of multidisciplinary support to alcohol misuse (MSAM) was started up at the Transplant Unit of University of Rome "Sapienza" in 2004 involving a team of alcohol disorder specialists to help patients undergoing LD for ALD to cope with their alcohol use disorder.

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