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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 7, 2017; 23(5): 869-875
Published online Feb 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i5.869
Published online Feb 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i5.869
Table 1 Psychosocial evaluation criteria of liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease
| Criteria A |
| Abstinence period lasting at least 6 mo |
| An oath of the abstinence from alcoholic drinking for the future |
| Patients with alcoholic liver disease are needed to fulfill the criteria A. |
| Criteria B |
| No presence of psychiatric comorbidity except alcohol-related mental disease |
| A dherence of medical treatment |
| Understanding and agreement of transplant and a support by the family |
| Being at work or ready to work |
| The high-risk alcoholism relapse scale can be scored 0, 1, or 2 |
| Criteria C |
| Re-evaluation one month later in case who is difficult to evaluate risk of alcohol use relapse in the initial interview |
- Citation: Onishi Y, Kimura H, Hori T, Kishi S, Kamei H, Kurata N, Tsuboi C, Yamaguchi N, Takahashi M, Sunada S, Hirano M, Fujishiro H, Okada T, Ishigami M, Goto H, Ozaki N, Ogura Y. Risk of alcohol use relapse after liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(5): 869-875
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v23/i5/869.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i5.869