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Florida doctor indicted for making what I would call a pretty big mistake -
Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:28 pm
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A Florida doctor has been indicted in connection with the death of a 70-year-old man who had the wrong organ removed during surgery.
Prosecutors allege that on Aug. 21, 2024, during what was scheduled to be a laparoscopic splenectomy, Shaknovsky accidentally removed the victim's liver instead of his spleen. The move resulted in "catastrophic blood loss and the patient’s death on the operating table," a press release said.
In a phone call, the victim's widow, Beverly Bryan, identified her husband, Bill Bryan. "When I tell people what happened, it still sounds too awful to be true that, that could happen," she said. "I still have trouble believing it happened myself. Can you imagine?"
A Florida doctor has been indicted in connection with the death of a 70-year-old man who had the wrong organ removed during surgery.
Prosecutors allege that on Aug. 21, 2024, during what was scheduled to be a laparoscopic splenectomy, Shaknovsky accidentally removed the victim's liver instead of his spleen. The move resulted in "catastrophic blood loss and the patient’s death on the operating table," a press release said.
In a phone call, the victim's widow, Beverly Bryan, identified her husband, Bill Bryan. "When I tell people what happened, it still sounds too awful to be true that, that could happen," she said. "I still have trouble believing it happened myself. Can you imagine?"
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Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:30 pm to Eurocat
I never went to medical school but would assume a surgeon would know the difference between a liver and a spleen. However, would that be criminal?
Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:31 pm to SquatchDawg
In Louisiana there is such a thing as criminal negligence.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:32 pm to Eurocat
My kid just got tubes. I must’ve had 5 different people, including the Dr., come in to ask/verify what type of procedure was to be done.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:33 pm to UptownJoeBrown
True but it seems rare that is used in a malpractice case. However, mistakenly removing somebody’s liver is probably a good example.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:33 pm to Eurocat
Doctor, you got some spleening to do.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:34 pm to SquatchDawg
My guess is there is a whole lot more to the story.
And I assume it was a bloody disaster
And I assume it was a bloody disaster
Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:34 pm to Eurocat
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Shaknovsky continued the operation even while the patient went into cardiac arrest during the surgery, according to the filing.
After the surgery, the doctor said that the patient died of a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm, the filing states.
An autopsy found "no evidence of a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm," according to the filing. And while the patient's "spleen and its attachments were untouched and in the normal position, his liver was missing," the filing alleged.
This post was edited on 4/14/26 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:36 pm to Eurocat
You'll have that kind of stuff on a big job.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:36 pm to Eurocat
If the guy needed his spleen removed, it was probably enlarged, and no telling what else was wrong. Not to excuse what seems like a major blunder, but his abdominal cavity probably was not how it appears in medical textbooks.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:40 pm to Eurocat
For reference:
And this isn't his first rodeo apparently:
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And this isn't his first rodeo apparently:
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In September 2024, the Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo ordered an emergency suspension of Shaknovsky’s license, citing Bryan's death and a prior incident in 2023 in which Shaknovsky removed a portion of a different patient's pancreas instead of the adrenal gland and purportedly claimed the adrenal gland had "migrated" to a different part of the body.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:41 pm to Eurocat
How much do black market livers go for these days?
Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:43 pm to Eurocat
That’s not what the doctor’s family meant when they said they wanted liver for dinner
Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:44 pm to Jim Rockford
Considering they said the liver was missing. It seems hard to believe nobody in that operating room realized a liver was extracted and not a spleen. ….and seemingly rubber stamped the explanation of death.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:47 pm to Eurocat
Do nurses ever step up and say, that’s not what you are supposed to remove?
Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:54 pm to Fat and Happy
A doctor not being able to tell the difference between a liver and spleen is terrifying. I am not a doctor but work tangentially to the medical industry and am pretty sure I could tell where the liver is in someone who was opened up.
Looks like he went "Midwestern University Medical School"
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Looks like he went "Midwestern University Medical School"
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Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:56 pm to Eurocat
Pushed for surgery there instead of patient going home, Continues with surgery after patient has cardiac arrest, and then mistakes the liver for the spleen.
Also this is not this doctor’s first major screw up.
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imaging "revealed a suspected enlarged spleen and blood in the peritoneum with no active hemorrhage."
For the next two days, Shaknovsky advised the patient, who wanted to return home to Alabama, to get surgery, the filing says. On the third day, Shaknovsky "continued to pressure" the patient, who then acquiesced, according to the filing.
Shaknovsky continued the operation even while the patient went into cardiac arrest during the surgery, according to the filing.
"Dr. Shaknovsky removed an organ he believed to be the spleen, but due to his shock and the chaos, he was unable to properly identify the organ," the filing states.
Also this is not this doctor’s first major screw up.
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The filing also accused Shaknovsky of two other instances of malpractice, one of which the board alleges led to the death of another patient.
In that case, the board accused Shaknovsky of removing part of a patient's pancreas during a routine surgery in May 2023, in which the patient was supposed to have their left adrenal gland removed.
The board also accused Shaknovsky of removing part of a patient's intestine during another procedure in July 2023, causing a gastrointestinal perforation, where a hole develops in the intestine. Shortly after the surgery, the patient was moved to the ICU and died, the filing states.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 3:57 pm to Eurocat
Dude must have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express the night before.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 4:01 pm to Eurocat
Doc had some fava beans a nice chianti.
Posted on 4/14/26 at 4:05 pm to Eurocat
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