Nihon Arukoru Yakubutsu Igakkai Zasshi
October 2012
Objectives: Consensus regarding psychosocial aspects relevant for the liver transplantation indication criteria in case of alcohol-related liver failure remains to be established. Thus we investigated the psychosocial aspects of candidates for liver transplantation for alcohol-related liver failure in order to determine the indication criteria.
Subjects: We evaluated the psychosocial aspects of 19 candidates (14 male and 5 female patients) who met the physical liver transplantation indication criteria for alcohol-related liver failure at Nagoya University Hospital between 2004 and 2012.