Survival and quality of life after liver transplantation in patients with or without pre-transplant alcohol abstinence: a retrospective cohort study

Post-transplant survival and quality of life did not differ between patients with less than 6 months and those with more than 6 months of alcohol abstinence before being listed for liver transplantation. These findings suggest that the strict 6-month abstinence requirement for inclusion on the waiting list should be reconsidered to prevent patients from being denied access to life-saving transplantation solely because of a shorter abstinence duration.