Akshay Syal, M.D., is a medical fellow with the NBC News Health and Medical Unit.
There's never been a safer time to give a kidney. The risk of death for people who donated a kidney has dropped by more than half in the last decade, according to a study published Wednesday. “It’s just becoming safer and safer for people to donate,” said Dr. Dorry Segev, a transplant surgeon at NYU Langone Health and senior author of the study.
In previous decades, donors who were male and people with a history of high blood pressure were more likely to die within 90 days of surgery than other donors. Most of the deaths occurred in the first seven days after surgery. The most common cause of death from the procedure was excessive bleeding, or hemorrhage. “It’s really important for us as a community that takes care of these patients to make sure the message is consistent,” said Dr.
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