> Conclusion: this is not your risk of dying, but the increase of your risk of dying. No, it does not increase your risk of dying. Your risk of dying was 100%

> Conclusion: this is not your risk of dying, but the increase of your risk of dying. No, it does not increase your risk of dying. Your risk of dying was 100% before the procedure and is 100% after it. We all die at the end with certainty. Risk of dying is only meaningful when you qualify it with a timeframe (let say next 5 years) or cause (let say getting terminal cancer).