Why are some organ transplant surgeries harder on the donor than the recipient?

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I’d think it would much more difficult to put an organ in than take one out. Also, I assume the donor is quite healthy, while the recipient is very much not so (needing an organ and all).

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What kind of organ transplantations do you have in mind? There are only very few organs which can be translated from a live donor without the donor dying (mostly a kidney and part of the liver).
All other organs are taken from braindead bodies, where it doesn’t really matter how bad the surgery is for the donor (as they are already dead).

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