Florida Surgeon Charged After Removing Man’s Liver Instead of His Spleen Says He Was ‘Too Upset’ to Notice the Difference
Shaknovsky said heavy bleeding and poor visibility during the splenectomy led to the wrong organ being removed, and Bryan later died of exsanguination.
- In April, a grand jury indicted Florida surgeon Thomas Shaknovsky on a manslaughter charge following the August 2024 death of 70-year-old William Bryan during surgery.
- During an eight-hour deposition, Shaknovsky explained the procedure became complicated when Bryan began bleeding heavily; after 20 minutes of struggling, he mistakenly removed the liver.
- The medical examiner determined Bryan died of "exsanguination" and "surgical removal of the liver," contradicting Shaknovsky's claim he expected the spleen to be "double the size of what is normal."
- Following the indictment, authorities arrested Shaknovsky in Miramar Beach while he was working as a Lyft driver; he lost medical licenses in Florida, Alabama, and New York.
- Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast stated Shaknovsky was not directly employed by the health system, while the ongoing lawsuit filed by Beverly Bryan continues.
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Florida surgeon charged after removing man’s liver instead of his spleen says he was ‘too upset’ to notice the difference
A Florida court hosted an eight-hour deposition where surgeon Thomas Shaknovsky was put to task about operating on the wrong organ. The case was more concerned with why than how — and despite the deposition lasting a full workday, Shaknovsky’s answers didn’t make for a very convincing justification. According to NBC News, in Aug. 2024, Shaknovsky made the grave surgical error of removing a man’s liver instead of his spleen. The latest in a strin…
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Throughout an eight-hour court statement, Florida surgeon Thomas Shaknovsky faced the same question over and over again: Why did he remove a man’s liver instead of his spleen? The disastrous surgical error that occurred in August 2024 — and the consequent death on the operating table of the 70-year-old patient of Shaknovsky, William Bryan — led Bryan’s widow to file a lawsuit last year and a special jury to charge Shaknovsky with a charge of man…
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