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This is a bunch of CYA from the hospital that got a woman killed. The article talks about how transfer success rates are up around 80-85%. That's just for the 6% of people who magically fit through all the "qualifications" the hospital has decided determine whether you get to live. This lady had a doner tested and lined up, but was rejected on the "off chance" (read: low probability) that IF the transplant failed, she would almost certainly die without an immediate whole liver transplant. So the fuck what? Her options were to maybe die from surgery or absolutely 100% die an agonizing slow death from liver failure. The hospital took away her ONLY chance at life. This is murder by committee and I hope the estate sues the entire hospital into the ground.
15% failure rate is not low, it's a dice roll essentially on par with Russian roulette.
Is a 15% chance of death during the surgery lower than the 100% chance of death if she doesn't get the surgery?
Yes. Yes it is. It is THE lowest possible chance of death she had among her remaining options.
It's the lowest, but it's not low. If it was 95% chance of being unsuccessful, it would still be the lowest.