Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease

• Published in: Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology Vol. 11; no. 5; pp. 300 - 307
• Main Author: Lucey, Michael R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2014; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/699/1503/1607/1608; 692/700/565/545/576/402; Biomedicine; Care and treatment; Diagnosis; Gastroenterology; Hepatology; Humans; Liver; Liver diseases; Liver Diseases, Alcoholic - mortality; Liver Diseases, Alcoholic - surgery; Liver Transplantation; Medicine & Public Health; Patient outcomes; review-article; Survival Rate; Transplantation; Treatment Outcome

Key Points Liver transplantation is the standard of care for patients with life-threatening alcoholic liver disease (ALD), but is controversial in patients with alcoholic hepatitis that is unresponsive to medical therapy Evaluation by an addiction specialist with an interest in transplant medicine i...