Liver transplantation in alcoholic liver disease current status and controversies

Table 1 Studies on recidivism and its impact on liver graft and liver related death

Ref.	Total No.	Median FU year	Percent recidivism	Percent graft loss alcohol related	LRD as percent of all deaths
Conjeevaram et al[55]	68	3.5	8	38	38
Cuadrado et al[52]	99	8.25	26	0	NR
Pageaux et al[94]	121	4.5	21	1	12
Lucey et al[35]	50	5.25	331	6	6
Pfitzmann et al[95]	300	7.5	7	50	88
Schmeding et al[51]	271	10	27	0	NR
Dumortier et al[78]	305	5.25	12	2	8

¹Any use of alcohol in this study was reported as recidivism. Other studies defined recidivism as heavy drinking defined with variable amount of alcohol use across different studies. LRD: Liver related death.