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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The person needing an organ has a bad organ. So they are going from near death to a surgery that gives them a functional organ. Win!

The person donating the organ is healthy. So they are going from having a functioning system to suddenly surgery and a damaged organ/system. Ouch.

Both have surgery. So that’s equal. But one gets an improved organ and the other now needs to recover from losing some of their organ.

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