Go into surgery with two kidneys, come out with one

oops ?

I’m sure there’s more to the story.

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I wonder what his thought process was in doing this?

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Whoa, this gland and mass is shaped just like a kidney! Weird!

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There always 2 kidneys to every story

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I wonder if it was a misdiagnosis. Dr says it's the right kidney, takes it out, come to find out it wasn't the problem, now she's suing.



ETA - From another article:

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According to paperwork filed in U.S. District Court, on Oct. 5, 2016, Baker was set for surgery to remove her right adrenal gland and an associated mass.

Knapp claims in the filing Baker not only failed to remove the gland and associated mass, but instead removed her right kidney.

The filing claims Baker told Knapp her kidney had been removed, but did not tell her he didn't remove the gland and associated mass.

Six days after the surgery, the filing claims Knapp was told the adrenal gland was still inside and additional surgery was needed.

She went to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. to have the adrenal gland and associated mass removed.

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My dad got me when I came out of surgery for my knee when I was 21. I was still loopy from whatever they gave me before the surgery (valium I guess). The did a spinal block, but I fell asleep during the surgery. When I came to in the recovery area, the spinal block was still working and he told me they had to amputate my leg from the knee down. I freaked out a bit until he started laughing. The hospital where I had the surgery did not have the most sterling reputation so I was relieved that they operated on the correct knee.

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It's possible. When my dad had meniscus surgery, they took some extra cartilage out that really jacked up his knee. However, in the consent forms they had you sign, the surgeon could make "other corrections" if he felt necessary. Curious what the consent forms on this said.

There’s another article with more information

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Dena Knapp was supposed to have an adrenal gland and a mass on the gland removed during the Oct. 5, 2016 surgery, according to her lawsuit. But instead, Dr. Scott Baker removed her healthy right kidney. Baker was informed later that day by the pathology department at Avera McKennan Hospital that he removed the kidney and failed to remove the adrenal gland.

But on Oct. 7, he told Knapp that he hadn’t heard from pathology, the lawsuit says. Baker called Knapp on Oct. 11 and told her that part of the adrenal gland was still inside her body and that he “did not get everything,” the lawsuit says. He advised her that she would have to undergo a second surgery.

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I knew a guy from Orlando that got cancer in one of his balls. The surgeon removed the wrong one. He still had to have the cancerous one removed.

He then drank and Oxy'ed himself to death.