What are the risks involved with kidney donation?

Surgical: There are rises from the surgery. Hernia, bowel obstruction, infection, anesthesia problems, blood clots, bleeding, and very rarely death. There is also potential risks (in the future) of kidney disease in your remaining kidney.

Depends: I assume you are asking about living kidney donation. The donor surgery is done under general anesthesia and the mortality rate associated with the surgery is 0.02-0.03%. So even though it is a very low probability, there have been deaths associated with living donor surgery on very rare occasions. As with any other surgery, bleeding, infection, and blood clots in legs (DVT) can occur.