Liver transplantation in the UK

Table 1 Common indications for liver transplantation

		Birmingham series
		n	%
Chronic liver failure	Primary biliary cirrhosis	434	24.7
	Primary sclerosing cholangitis	158	9
	Autoimmune chronic active hepatitis	96	5.5
	Alcoholic cirrhosis	122	6.9
	Cryptogenic cirrhosis	92	5.2
	HBV or HBC cirrhosis	165	9.4
	Biliary atresia	142	8
	Alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency	65	3.7
	Budd-Chiari syndrome	8	0.1
Acute liver failure	Viral hepatitis (non-A, non B, HBV, HAV)	10	8
	Drugs (Paracetamol, anti-tuberculosis therapy, halothane)	66	3.8
	Toxins and solvents	0
Primary hepatic malignancy	Unresectable HCC	20	0.4
	Small HCC in cirrhotic liver	78	10.2
Inborn errors of metabolism	Crigler-Najjar type 1	1	0.05
	Proprionic acidaemia	6	0.08
	Primary oxalosis	8	0.1
	Urea cycle defects	0