Table 7

Results in the literature on liver transplantation for alcoholic cirrhosis

Reference		Period		Number		Follow up (months)		Survival (%)			Long term survivors	Recidivism (%)	Graft dysfunction related to recidivism (%)	Deaths related to recidivism (%)
Reference		Period		Number		Follow up (months)		1 year	2 year	3 year	Long term survivors	Recidivism (%)	Graft dysfunction related to recidivism (%)	Deaths related to recidivism (%)	5 year
Bird and coworkers³	1980–1989	24	ND (4–84)	66				18	22	ND	0
Kumar and coworkers²	1982–1988	73	ND	74		62		52	11.5	2	2
Knechtle and coworkers⁴	1984–1990	41	ND	83			71	30	13	0	0
Berlakovitch and coworkers⁷	1982–1993	58	33	71			63	44	31	16	4.5
Osorio and coworkers⁸	1988–1991	43	21	100				37	19	ND	0
Raakow and coworkers⁹	1988–1994	78	25	96			85	ND	22	ND	2.5
Gerhardt and coworkers10	1985–1991	67	47		67 overall			41	49		4.4
Foster and coworkers18	1986–1994	88	49	79	75			63	22	17	5
Lucey and coworkers11	1987–1991	59	63	80			77	50	34
Anand and coworkers17	1987–1994	39		79			79		13
Gish and coworkers⁶	1988–1991	29	24	93				29	21	ND	0
Doffoel and coworkers⁵	1985–1991	75	29	80		68		57	26
Pageaux and coworkers	1989–1994	53	42	75	69	67	62	47	32	4	2