Patient reflections, challenges, and supports related to early liver transplant for severe alcohol-associated liver disease.
Po-Hung ChenHannah C SungGopika PunchhiMichelle KrachRoss GreenbergKevin GianarisMayan S TelesKatya KaplowJason WheatleyAndrew M CameronGeetanjali ChanderPublished in: Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society (2023)
ELT recipient experiences reveal complex psychosocial challenges related to addiction, inadequate support system, and stigma, particularly in the posttransplant period. The care of ELT recipients would be incomplete if focused solely on optimizing patient or graft survival.