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Bariatric Surgery and Alcohol Related Steatohepatitis (BASH): An Increasing Etiology in Pre-Liver Transplant Candidates
*Purpose: Obesity-related fatty liver disease and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are common causes of End-stage liver disease (ESLD). Bariatric surgery (BS) is commonly indicated for these…2022 American Transplant Congress
Integrated Alcohol Use Disorder Clinic as a Strategy to Reduce Alcohol Relapse After Early Liver Transplantation in Patients with Alcohol Related Liver Disease
*Purpose: In recent years, for patients with Alcohol related Liver Disease (ALD), there has been a trend towards early Liver Transplantation (LT) rather than waiting…2022 American Transplant Congress
Heterogeneity in Center Practices in Liver Transplantation for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease in the United States
*Purpose: Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is now the leading indication for liver transplantation (LT) in the United States (US), particularly since LT has emerged as…2022 American Transplant Congress
Meld Score <31 Predicts Spontaneous Recovery in Patients Listed for Liver Transplantation for Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis: A UNOS Database Study
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, RMTI, New York, NY
*Purpose: Alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) is the fastest growing indication for liver transplantation (LT) in the U.S. While spontaneous recovery (SR) can occur in patients with…2022 American Transplant Congress
Social Determinants of Health and Biochemical Alcohol Relapse in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
*Purpose: Alcohol use after liver transplant is associated with higher rates of graft loss and increased mortality; however, there is limited data regarding the factors…2022 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Self-Report of Length of Sobriety is Not Significantly Related to Early Return to Alcohol Use Post Transplant
1Psychiatry, VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: Many transplant centers in the United States require six months of abstinence from alcohol prior to liver transplant. Recently, there has been an increased…2022 American Transplant Congress
Chronic Ethanol Exposure Prolongs Murine Allograft Survival
Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Alcoholic liver disease is the leading indication for liver transplantation in the United States, and patients are increasingly transplanted without the traditional six month…2022 American Transplant Congress
National Attitudes Towards Early Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease
*Purpose: Pre-transplant abstinence requirements, notably the 6-month sobriety guideline, limit access to liver transplant for patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis (SAH). This study examines the…2022 American Transplant Congress
Survival of the Fittest: The Rise in Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Related Disease
*Purpose: The number of Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (OLT) performed for hepatitis C infection have decreased recently due to direct acting antiviral therapy. However, the number…2022 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Outcomes of Limited Sobriety versus Standard Sobriety Liver Transplantation for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is now the leading indication for liver transplantation. While 6 months of abstinence has been conventionally required before transplant, this…
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