Factors which predict alcohol use after liver transplantation identified

Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 09:35 in Health & Medicine

Patients who receive a liver transplant due to alcoholic liver disease need to demonstrate periods of abstinence and often attend addiction treatment before transplantation. However, alcohol use disorders can recur, as can other diseases requiring transplantation, and thus alcohol use after liver transplantation is not uncommon.

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