Florida surgeon ‘devastated’ over death of patient after removing liver instead of spleen

submitted by FTonsilStones to nottheonion 372 points | 100 comments https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/florida-surgeon-patient-death-liver-spleen > Thomas Shaknovsky botched the surgery of William Bryan, 70, who died on the operating table > > According to Shaknovksy’s deposition, after removing Bryan’s liver, the surgeon instructed a nurse to label the organ as a “spleen” – and he also identified it as a spleen in Bryan’s postoperative notes. Shaknovsky later said he had been “mentally compromised” at the time of Bryan’s death, explaining that he was “devastated, demoralized, crying over his passing, felt that I failed him”.