GY Im, AM Cameron, MR Lucey - Journal of hepatology, 2019 - Elsevier
While liver transplantation (LT) has become a standard therapy for life-threatening alcohol related cirrhosis, LT as a treatment for severe alcoholic hepatitis (AH) has remained a taboo …
Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) represents a spectrum of liver injury resulting from alcohol use, ranging from hepatic steatosis to more advanced forms including alcoholic …
AK Singal, R Bataller, J Ahn, PS Kamath… - Official journal of the …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) comprises a clinical-histologic spectrum including fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis (AH), and cirrhosis with its complications. Most patients are diagnosed at …
Importance Traditionally, liver transplant (LT) for alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) requires 6 months of abstinence. Although early LT before 6 months of abstinence has been …
BP Lee, E Vittinghoff, C Hsu, H Han, G Therapondos… - Hepatology, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Early liver transplant (LT) for alcohol‐associated disease (ie, without a specific sobriety period) is controversial but increasingly used. Using the multicenter American Consortium of …
Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is the most severe form of alcoholic liver disease. Most studies have focused on short‐term prognosis, whereas factors associated with long‐term survival are …
SK Asrani, J Trotter, J Lake, A Ahmed… - Liver …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Liver transplantation (LT) for alcohol associated hepatitis (AH) remains controversial. We convened a consensus conference to examine various aspects of LT for AH. The goal was …
A DiMartini, MA Dew, N Day, MG Fitzgerald… - American Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Any use of alcohol in the years following liver transplantation (LTX) approaches 50% of patients transplanted for alcoholic liver disease (ALD). We collected detailed prospective …
JG O'Leary, R Lepe, GL Davis - Gastroenterology, 2008 - Elsevier
Patients should be considered for liver transplantation if they have evidence of fulminant hepatic failure, a life-threatening systemic complication of liver disease, or a liver-based …