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How has the move away from a strict 6 month period of sobriety impacted your patient selection criteria for transplant of patients with alcohol associated liver disease?

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Is the "6 month" time-frame still a part of your transplant program's standard of practice/care?

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Hepatology · University of Southern California
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The "sixth-month rule" was applied by many transplant programs years ago as a method of minimizing recidivism post-liver transplant. The evidence that this approach improves outcomes is sparse, and most programs have moved toward applying other criteria toward transplant decisions for these patients...

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