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Florida surgeon mistakenly removes patient's liver instead of spleen, causing him to die, widow says (www.nbcnews.com)

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A Florida surgeon mistakenly removed a man’s liver instead of his spleen, causing him to die on the operating table, a lawyer for the man’s widow alleges.

William Bryan, 70, of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, underwent surgery on Aug. 21, at Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast hospital in Miramar, Florida, because of spleen abnormalities, according to a statement from the personal injury firm Zarzaur Law, based in Pensacola, Florida.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Well of course the doctor thought the spleen was abnormal if they mistook a liver for it