Incidence of and Risk Factors for Alcohol Relapse After Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease: Comparison Between Deceased Donor and Living Donor Liver Transplantation

There are controversies over whether patients with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) should follow the “6-month abstinence rule” before undergoing liver transplantation (LT), especially in case of living donor LT (LDLT). We analyzed the risk of alcohol relapse among ALD patients who received LT according to donor types and abstinence period before LT. A total of 129 patients (mean 50.7 ± 9.2 years, male 78.3%) who underwent LT between January...