Long-term survival and predictors of relapse and survival after liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease.
CONCLUSIONS: Although 37% of our ALD patients relapsed to drinking by 10 years post-LT, 14-year survival was not significantly different from survival in non-ALD patients. Short duration of pre-LT abstinence and prior relapses predicted post-LT relapse.
PMID: 30678557 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Scand J Gastroenterol Source Type: research
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