Doctor’s Fatal Mistake: Patient⁢ Dies After‌ Liver is Removed Instead of Spleen

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A 70-year-old man in Alabama, USA,‍ underwent emergency ⁤surgery, but the doctor made a critical mistake, removing the​ liver instead of ⁤the spleen, resulting in the patient’s death on the operating table.

William Bryan, 70, and his wife Beverly Bryan, were on vacation in Florida in August when William suddenly felt a severe⁤ pain on the left side of his body. They immediately went to a local hospital, where the doctor suspected⁤ a spleen issue and advised William to undergo surgery immediately to avoid serious complications.

On August ‍21, William underwent a laparoscopic splenectomy, but the doctor,‌ Thomas Shaknovsky, mistakenly removed the liver, ‍injuring a major artery and causing massive blood loss. William died on the operating table. The doctor’s mistake was not immediately discovered, and Shaknovsky labeled the removed liver as a spleen.

After William’s death, a pathologist at the hospital confirmed that the doctor‍ had removed a liver instead of a ⁢spleen. It is alleged that Shaknovsky explained to Beverly ⁢that William’s ⁢spleen was severely diseased, four times larger than normal and metastasized to‍ the other side of​ the body.​ However, ⁣in a typical human body,​ the liver is located ⁣in the upper right of the abdominal cavity, below the diaphragm, above the stomach, right kidney, and intestines; the spleen⁤ is located in the upper left of the abdominal cavity, connected⁣ to the stomach, and is significantly smaller than the liver.

Beverly has hired a lawyer to seek justice for⁤ her husband and hopes that the doctor will not treat other patients. “I don’t want anyone else to die in the‌ hospital‍ because of his ⁢incompetence.” According to​ the law firm, Dr. Shaknovsky had a similar medical dispute last year, mistakenly removing part of the patient’s pancreas instead of performing an⁤ adrenalectomy as planned.