I’m a flipping engineer and I know the difference between the liver and the spleen - I could certainly look at the liver and say to myself, “Nope, not the spleen.” A friend’s brother went into medicine so he could - and I quote - get better tables at restaurants. They sound like they’re cut from the same cloth! Thank you for the research you did and for giving us some reassurance that there are still great doctors out there.
I can't help but think how similar this is to Dr. Death. There are so many systemic failures here, too. I wonder if the rest of the surgical staff were afraid to speak up during the procedure. That poor family.
I read what the doctor said to justify the removal and he literally stay😮ed that the spleen was so sick that it grew towards the wrong side of the patients body. No one else who was there could tell the difference between a sick spleen and a liver? More than one person will be held accountable for this I hope.
How in the of all that is holy does a surgeon mistake a liver for a spleen. How in the name of all that’s sane did the operating staff not tell Him??? Me personally, would have left the room and got the OR supervisor. You can’t live without your liver. Let them fire me. That’s a human.
My orthopedic Dr was replacing my right hip 7 years ago put arrow up my right thigh,wrote right hip and his initials and before I was put to sleep was my right hip being replaced.; a nurse and she put initials on the arrow. And then the doctor putting my under asked me,your right being replaced? And I answered yes and then his initials. I asked why. And everyone is said to make sure we are doing the correct procedure! How did the whole room screw up!
First off thank you for doing videos like this and all the other videos you put out whether there are short or a 10 minute video. Secondly I started EMS at the age of 16 in 1993 and stopped with EMS and healthcare and 2011. My health started declining so I had to or I would still be doing it today. Thirdly. We have all the medical knowledge that I have and taking several college classes. One of them being in anatomy 101, the spleen and the liver not only are on separate sides. They look completely different. My heart goes out to this family and the whole situation I know I’ve always said if I get sick or something happens to me on vacation and I can’t make it back to my hometown. Let me die, I guess this is one of the cases the reason I say jokingly saying this! I just hope it isn’t more that comes out to a situation of he just like to cut. I may be saying that out of turn! it just it blows my mind. I was in the hospital in April with pneumonia sepsis and they kept telling me that my heart could quit and I’d have to have a breathing tube and I said no to both. I don’t want that and when I got moved from my town hospital that doesn’t have rooms for patients to the neighboring town that does have a hospital for that, I was saying very little they basically just come and check my IV check my antibiotics. My husband who is EMS and fire would help me to the bathroom and back. He done all the measurements for lock the fluid out and how much fluid intake I had had and gave it to the nurses. He made sure they really didn’t do a whole lot but let me tell you they didn’t care one bit to bill for it when they didn’t do it that’s besides the point. I’m just thankful that I have a husband that is able to do this and has the knowledge to do it, my prayers go to this family and other families that are having to deal with situations like this and I can’t say that I wouldn’t pursue legal actions. Also, that’s the only way doctors nurses whoever it may be the guy on the street, not just professionals but you know the average person will learn that you can’t do stupid things you know as my husband says stupid games when stupid prizes!
Wtf I'm a Bio major and haven't even begun my pre-med course and I'm pretty damn sure I could have done a better job than this guy. How the hell does someone successfully go through med school, residency, and fellowship and screw up a surgery this badly??? Even if he had screwed up and took a part of the liver and not the ENTIRE thing that poor man would be alive! "That's the biggest spleen I've ever seen", I'm sure it was smdh 🤦🏽♀️ the liver and spleen aren't even the same color or texture as each other smh. One is tucked behind the stomach and the other completely on the OPPOSITE SIDE and far larger. He literally put his patient into instant shock. I want to know why the OR nurses or techs or even the anesthesiologist didn't catch that he was taking out the liver?? Usually a resident or another surgeon will be assisting so how tf did this all happen?? Like were none of them paying attention or were even qualified? Or was he one of those surgeons who think they are above God and won't be told what to do or how to do it? It almost sounds like he knew what he was doing and was taking the liver out to sell it on the black market or something. That is horrific. Someone check him for dementia or Alzheimers or memory loss
To do justice to the anaesthetist (to use the UK term) I was told by a retired gent who had done that job for nearly 50 years that they should never look at what the surgeon is doing but concentrate solely on the patient... because if they start watching the surgeon they can cause a different sort of disaster by missing a change in the overall state of the patient. In some hospitals the anaesthetist is behind a screen and can only see the patient's head and his own monitors to avoid such distraction. Assistants and nurses, however, should be watching the operation so there was clearly some reason why they said nothing and that can only be down to the surgeon. Some doctors do still have the "all powerful" complex. I remember a GP getting very angry when I caught him in a lie... because via a different route I have also studied to honours level the anatomy and physiology of mammals and knew that what he was saying about my body was not true. He tried to get out of it by saying that he was "simplifying" for my benefit... but he had told a straightforward untruth and had no excuse. Perhaps this man is the same. I once heard of 1950s surgeon who threw scalpels at anyone who countered him... but I had hoped that such dinosaurs had become extinct.
Thank you for bringing attention to such a serious and unfortunate case. It’s so important to highlight these medical errors, not only to raise awareness but also to push for better safeguards within the healthcare system. I appreciate the thoughtful way this video handled the sensitive topic while advocating for accountability and improvement. My thoughts are with Mr. Bryan's family, and I hope this leads to necessary changes in the future. I hope RU-vid has a sad button,, I'll press the sad button right now 😔😔😔
There are different routines in different hospital trusts and in different parts of the UK. It is quite common for the surgeon to speak directly to the patient... especially if the operation is being done under local anaesthetic.
@@208SkinDoc I worked in some pretty prominent hospitals in Houston. We nurses would have thrown our bodies over the patient to prevent this. I did refuse to give Vancomycin to a patient “wide open”. Ever my boss who wrote me up on behalf of the surgeon didn’t know that could cause total circulation collapse.
Dude had to be drunk or not all there mentaly. I just had colon surgury and there were doctors and nurses a plenty. The fact that not one person did a thing to stop him now brings negligence charges on them. How in the F do you just watch this happen knowing its outcome. Truely sad and totally mind boggling.
Agree. As an advanced practice nurse, I think they should discipline every licensed person that new what the procedure was and could view the surgery site!
It is normally the case (in any profession) that a subordinate cannot be sued for the error/misdemeanour of their superior; the buck stops at the top... as it should. We also do not know whether or not anything was said in that operating theatre but ignored by the man in charge.
@@dutchwmn I think that you are wrong on this; especially since we have no idea what may or may not have been said to the surgeon during the operation. In an operating theatre, as in any other professional situation, someone is in charge and the buck stops with him because he gives the orders to everyone else. I do, however, think that training in intervention including use of any emergency call system should be given. You can't just defy the "boss" in any situation... you can't snatch the scalpel out of the leading surgeon's hand; but in an organisation like a hospital there should be an action which can be taken and it is important that those in charge make sure that everyone knows exactly what that is. Does the failing here belong to the other staff, or to those who did not make their choices clear to them...? I don't know, and neither do you.
I've had surgeries and they always nurse surgeon assistant and anesthesiologist always ask what are we doing today..I have gotten frustrated because they all come in and asked the same questions but I realize it's for my own good. I totally agree with everyone that every medical person that was in that OR should be fired and also held accountable. I feel he should be charged with murder kind of harsh but that's my feeling pray the family finds peace in such a horrible situation.
I enjoy all your videos, though I sometimes laugh a little when you suggest someone needs an antibiotic because here in the UK those are dispensed much more sparingly than they are in the USA... in fact it can be quite difficult to get both antibiotics and effective analgaesia when they are really needed. This was a horrifying video in many ways, but I'm glad that you posted it even though it did happen on your side of the Atlantic. Such errors are not common in the UK (I hope that they are not in the USA either) but all is not perfect in our hospitals either. Recently I received an injection of fentanyl and midazolam for a procedure where the doctor pushed the needle out of the side wall of the vein and I received the drugs subcutaneously instead of intravenously. Naturally they were entirely ineffective but I had to go ahead anyway because the utterly refused to give another injection. The doctor supposedly had 12 years experience of doing the procedure!
@@208SkinDoc My 90 year old mother has had surgery for a broken leg (2 years ago) and recently had a pacemaker fitted... she probably wouldn't be alive no otherwise. Every patient has to make their own choices, of course, but hospitals are not such very terrible places most of the time.
I have cervical epidurals every 3 months. The dr asks me if my pain this time is on left or right or both. He then scribbles on my neck. I also hear the time out right before the night night juice kicks in.
What an idiot of a doctor, why didn't someone speak up, or were they too scared of him? When I was having a knee replacement. the first thing the surgeon did was to mark in black Texta which knee I was having replaced. Years ago, in 1966, I was 3 and a half weeks early when my labour pains started, when I was expecting my 3rd child. In England, I was told I was liable to have a breech birth so when we emigrated and then found I was pregnant 3 years later, I told the doctor. As it happened, my 1st baby was OK, the 2nd turned a week before his birth. I was given seven internals and was told his head wasn't down, a while later one of the sisters took me into the labour ward to shave me as they did in those days. Next minute, my waters broke so the sister contacted the doctor and my husband. I gave birth and asked if I could see the baby. The doctor said he was putting him in the crib, I didn't even know he was born breech. Sadly he only lived for 3 and a quarter hours. My poor husband had the job of telling our sons. If I had my time over again I would have sued the doctor and the hospital. Thankfully I had a daughter in 1972.
Wait... what happened to the patient?! Won't he die without a liver? Get his back? Get another one? Did he die from the spleen bleeding? Did he have another surgery? Two more, one for spleen and a new liver?
@@jennypratt5345 as a nurse I know that if a doctor orders the wrong med, wrong dose, the nurse is the one on the hook because she/he gave the med. It is arranged that way.
