title: Common issues in the management of patients in the waiting list and after liver transplantation.
abstract: The present document contains the recommendations of an expert panel of transplant hepatologists, appointed by the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF), on how to manage the most common aspects of liver transplantation: the topics covered include: new treatments for HCV in patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation; antiviral treatments in patients with HCV recurrence after liver transplantation; prophylaxis for HBV recurrence after liver transplantation; indications for liver transplantation in alcoholic liver disease; and Immunosuppressive therapy. The statements on each topic were approved by participants at the AISF Transplant Hepatologist Expert Meeting (organized by the Permanent Committee on Liver Transplantation in Mondello on 4-5 October 2015), and are graded according to the Oxford classification of levels of evidence.
authors.affiliation: Multivisceral Transplant Unit, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Padova University Hospital, Italy. Electronic address: burra@unipd.it.
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Burra
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatology, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca Saverio
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Belli
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ginanni Corradini
authors.affiliation: Hepatology and Gastroenterology Unit, ISMETT-IRCCS, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Volpes
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology, University Hospital, Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marzioni
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology, University Hospital, Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giannini
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
authors.forename: Pierluigi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Toniutto
mesh_terms: D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019468:Disease Management; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D012008:Recurrence; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014850:Waiting Lists
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents
keywords: Alcoholic liver disease; DAAs; HBV recurrence; Immunosuppression; Liver transplantation