Assertion: donor's risk | /r/HasProperty | low
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: for the organ recipient
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: usually
type: DEGREE
value: acceptably
type: DEGREE
value: to begin with around 0.06%
type: OTHER
value: to begin with 0.04%
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: For the organ recipient, the risk of transplant surgery is usually low because it is a potentially lifesaving procedure.
text: The risks of living-liver donation also are low, but experience with this procedure is more limited because it was introduced into medical practice more recently than kidney donation.
text: For the kidney recipient, the risk of transplant surgery is usually low because it is a potentially lifesaving procedure.
text: well beforehand so that the risks to you are as low as possible.
text: The overall risk of developing significant disease in your remaining kidney after donation is low, occurring in fewer than one in 200 (0.5%) donors, and it is much less in kidney donors than it is in the general (unscreened) population (because kidney donors are, of course, pre-screened to ensure they are healthy).
text: It is also important to be aware that, although generally risks across the board are very low, every individual is different and it is not impossible for a number of other uncommon complications to occur.
text: While getting a disease from a donated organ or tissue is possible, the risk is very low.
text: But the risk is very low to begin with (around 0.06% for a white US man and 0.04% for a white US woman).
text: Part of my job is to ensure that a potential donor does not have diabetes and that their risk for developing diabetes in their lifetime is acceptably low.