Alcoholic liver disease surgery

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

The most important part of treatment is to stop using alcohol completely. If liver cirrhosis has not yet occurred, the liver can heal if you stop drinking alcohol.

An alcohol rehabilitation program or counseling may be necessary to break the alcohol addiction. Vitamins, especially B-complex and folic acid, can help reverse malnutrition.

Surgery

Liver transplant

If cirrhosis develops, there is a need to manage the complications of cirrhosis. It may need a liver transplant.

Class I

(Level of evidence: B)