Florida Doctor Allegedly Removed Patient's Liver Instead of Spleen, Killing Him

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Florida Doctor Allegedly Removed Patient's Liver Instead of Spleen, Killing Him
Rick Moran | 2:52 PM on September 05, 2024


An Alabama man entered a Florida hospital for a procedure to remove his spleen. On Aug. 21, medical records provided to USA Today by Zarzaur Law show that "Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky performed a hand-assisted laparoscopic splenectomy procedure on William “Bill” Bryan, 70, from Muscle Shoals, Alabama."

Bryan's widow claims that Shaknovsky mistakenly removed his liver instead of his spleen.

“Dr. Shaknovsky removed Mr. Bryan’s liver and, in so doing, transected the major vasculature supplying the liver, causing immediate and catastrophic blood loss resulting in death,” the statement from the law firm said. “The surgeon proceeded with labeling the removed liver specimen as a 'spleen,' and it wasn’t until following the death that it was identified that the organ removed was actually Mr. Bryan’s liver, as opposed to the spleen.'”

Bryan was in Florida visiting his rental property when he began to experience extreme pain on his side. He and his wife were reluctant to have the surgery done in Florida but were convinced by Dr. Schaknovsky and Dr. Christopher Bacani, the hospital’s chief medical officer, to have the surgery immediately.

The law firm says it wasn't immediately clear to the doctors why Bryan died. It wasn't until the organ removed during surgery was examined that it was discovered to be a liver, not a spleen.

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[rangerrebew]

If the Dr. is a democrat, it's a "tragic" mistake.  If a republican, it's murder.

[LadyLiberty]

Probably a "woke" MD, check out the pronouns:  https://www.healthgrades.com/physician/dr-thomas-shaknovsky-g9ftd

[Smokin Joe]

WTF????

I have field dressed enough deer, cleaned enough birds and fish, not to mention farm animals, to know the livers...Not that tough to identify in humans, either, even if I have only seen them in an anatomy lab and a very severe car accident.

Was the guy wasted? Because this goes way beyond incompetence.

[Right_in_Virginia]

I'm glad the widow is suing, but where's the DA?

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

WTF????

I have field dressed enough deer, cleaned enough birds and fish, not to mention farm animals, to know the livers...Not that tough to identify in humans, either, even if I have only seen them in an anatomy lab and a very severe car accident.

Was the guy wasted? Because this goes way beyond incompetence.

Plus we all know that you cannot live without a liver! Something is weird about this story.

[Smokin Joe]

Plus we all know that you cannot live without a liver! Something is weird about this story.

Even if he had left some of it, and not taken the whole thing...the liver will regenerate to a point--but they can't take it all, without a replacement, or you're done.

The real problem, here, was exsanguination (the patient bled out), which means the wrong blood vessels had been clamped off, too. The Spleen is a notorious bleeder, too (ruptures and GSWs are easily fatal), but a different set of blood vessels.