A Florida-based surgeon who accidentally removed an Alabama man's liver instead of his spleen is a repeat offender: previously, a female patient died under him due to a last-minute procedure change, a new complaint alleged. His medical negligence has cost him his license in both states. The Florida Department of Health issued an emergency suspension order on Sept.
24 for Thomas J. Shaknovsky's medical license, detailing how he severed patient William Bryan's inferior vena cava. This vessel connects the liver with the heart.
The procedure ended up "resulting in the bleeding event that precipitated his death," the document alleged . Inside Trump's extensive '$240K plastic surgery spending' to stop hair disaster Texas hospital halts liver transplants after surgeon accused of changing records Shaknovsky said he started a laparoscopic procedure on Bryan but ended up switching to open surgery due to poor visibility caused by a distended colon and blood in the abdomen. This, however, remained undocumented in his report.
Despite complications that also included an enlarged and deformed spleen and an abdomen full of blood that deterred proper visibility, he went on to remove the liver instead of the spleen. "The staff looked at the readily identifiable liver on the table and were shocked when Dr. Shaknovsky told them that it was a spleen.
One staff member felt sick to their stomach," the report stated. An autopsy later revealed that Bryan's spleen remained intact and that the liver ha.