Liver transplantation in patients with alcoholic liver disease: A retrospective study

Introduction: Alcoholic liver disease is the most common liver disease in the Western World. Alcohol abstinence represents the gold standard for its treatment. When liver function fails to improve in spite of alcohol abstinence, liver transplantation is the treatment of for end-stage alcoholic liver disease; however, many transplant centers are still reluctant to transplant these group of patients because of the risk of alcohol relapse, recurrence of the primary liver disease and associated post transplant complications.

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