Under Shaknovsky's direction, hospital staff labeled the obvious liver a "spleen" and sent it to a pathology lab. An autopsy found Bryan's spleen still intact, his liver missing, ...

A Florida doctor who is accused of removing an Alabama man’s liver instead of the spleen, resulting in “immediate and catastrophic death,” had his medical license suspended.. In an emergency ...

After the procedure, a pathologist realized the removed organ labeled "spleen" was actually liver tissue, according to Zarzaur. Once an autopsy was done, ...

If a lot of blood is trapped in their spleen, the doctor may have to remove some during this process. If your child’s had splenic sequestration once, they’re likely to get it again, perhaps ...

The family of the Alabama man, William “Bill” Bryan, 70, claims the surgeon, Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky, labeled Bryan’s liver as spleen. No charges have been filed against Shaknovsky yet, ...

The surgeon accused of removing the wrong organ during a surgery that left an Alabama man dead has now had his medical license suspended by the Florida Department of Health.

He requested that the organ be labeled as spleen and sent to pathology. "The person responsible for labeling the specimen knew it was not a spleen but did as they were instructed," the report stated.

The surgeon labeled the removed liver specimen as a ‘spleen’ and, after the man's death, they determined that it was actually his liver.

“Typical human anatomy dictates that the liver naturally exists on the opposite side of the abdominal cavity, and it is several times larger than the spleen,” said Zarzaur.

After erroneously removing Bryan’s liver, the general surgeon labeled the organ as a “spleen,” the law firm claims. It was only identified as a liver after the man’s death.

Spleen stiffness measurement (SSM) demonstrated strong predictive accuracy for liver decompensation in patients with compensated advanced chronic liver disease (cACLD), with an optimal cutoff of ...