[Liver transplantation as curative therapy].

Author takes a review of the more than 30 year history of liver transplantation and of its more important miles. After the international consensus meetings (Washington in 1983 and Paris in 1993) the liver transplantation has become as a curative therapy in the progressive liver diseases intractable with other methods. Liver transplantation program in Hungary has been successfully introduced. Author underlines the role of multidisciplinary cooperation and the importance of support by health policy and society.