Table 2.

Current main indications for liver transplantation

Category	Disease
Acute liver failure	Acute hepatitis A
	Acute hepatitis B
	Drug/toxin hepatotoxicity
Cirrhosis from chronic liver diseases	Chronic hepatitis C virus
	Chronic hepatitis B virus
	Alcoholic liver disease
	Autoimmune hepatitis
	Cryptogenic liver disease
	Primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis
	Secondary biliary cirrhosis
Metabolic disorders	Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
	Hereditary haemochromatosis
	Wilson’s disease
	Glycogen-storage disorders
	Type 1 hyperoxaluria
	Familial homozygous hypercholesterolemia
Malignancies	Primary hepatic cancer: hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma
	Metastatic: carcinoid tumours and islet cell tumours
Miscellaneous	Polycystic liver disease
	Budd-Chiari syndrome