Chemotherapy usually works well at reducing the size of the spleen. But rarely, some people need an operation to remove their spleen (splenectomy). The spleen's normal job is to filter the blood and ...

Allina Health and one of its surgeons are being sued by a Twin Cities patient who alleges she had the wrong organ removed by mistake. A malpractice lawsuit filed in Minnesota District Court by a ...

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — Local 10 animal advocate Jacey Birch recently delved into allegations of a cat dying after receiving a blood transfusion of dog blood from a South Florida animal hospital, and ...

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. (WKRC) - The lawsuit accuses the surgeon of mistakenly removing a liver instead of a spleen, resulting in the death of a patient. Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital in ...

The Detroit Police Department says one of its own, K-9 Aries, is recovering from surgery to remove his spleen. The Police Department posted on social media Sunday morning that Aries had surgery at the ...

SANTA ROSA BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) — A tragic surgery last month at Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital in Miramar Beach is under investigation. The family claims a doctor removed the wrong organ ...

An Alabama woman is seeking legal action against a surgeon whom she alleges removed her late husband's liver instead of his spleen. On the evening of August 21, Thomas Shaknovsky, DO, operated on ...

A surgeon accidentally killed a patient by removing his liver instead of his spleen, a lawsuit has claimed. Beverly Bryan is suing Florida's Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital and Dr.

A Florida surgeon accused of removing a man's liver instead of his spleen during a surgery, causing the patient to bleed out on the operating table, has had his medical license suspended by the state.

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – In August we told you about a man who died on the operating table, after a surgeon removed his liver, mistaking it for his spleen. His family is now seeking justice.