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What Are the Hardest Organs to Replace?
The biggest organ in the heal of body is the skin. But the liver is the biggest internal organ and it really is a powerhouse, which is why when people suffer from liver failure, kind of everything goes wrong in a way. For a failing heart, there's certain kinds of devices they can surgically implant. Brain as far as I know, hasn't been successfully done. And definitely I've evaluated a lot of patients with a heart transplant. It does work pretty well. The mechanical heart substitutes are also advancing quite rapidly these days.