Doctor Lai Ming-kun of the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital's urological clinic points out that the kidney transplant operation in Taiwan was long ago recognized as a standard treatment for failing kidneys. The rate of survival in the first year after kidney transplant is 96 percent, and around 86 percent survive into the third year. In comparison to other transplant operations, this is considered a very low risk.
長庚醫院泌尿外科賴明坤醫師指出，國內的腎臟移植手術，早就被認定是為治療腎衰竭的一般醫療行為，換腎病人第一年存活率現在高達百分之九十六，到第三年後存活的也有百分之八十六左右，和其他器官移植手術相較，危險性算是極低的。