alcoholic cirrhosis recurrence 21 months after liver transplantation has been reported.24 Bad- 25 dour et al found four of 23 patients developed cirrhosis, detected by liver biopsy performed from 177 to 711 days after liver transplanta- tion. No relation between fibrosis and immuno- suppressive drugs has been found. In conclusion, our data indicate that liver transplantation is justified for alcoholic cirrho- sis. We observed an overall recidivism rate of32%which did not aVect survival and compli- ance with the immunosuppressive regimen. Only 10.6% of the patients returned to excessive alcohol use (up to 40 g a day). Special attention must be given to young recipients who have the greatest risk of recidivism. The good results obtained for liver transplantation for alcoholic cirrhosis should help us to educate the general population about alcoholic disease.