Florida doctor removes wrong organ from patient resulting in immediate catastrophic death an Alabama man died on a Florida operating table when a doctor mistakenly removed that his liver instead of his spleen during surgery his widow's lawyer alleges William bran was visiting the Florida Panhandle last month when he suddenly began experiencing lower left abdominal pain he and his wife Beverly went to the Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital in Walton County doctors were concerned about an abnormality in his spleen according to the family lawyer they admitted him for further testing general surgeon Doctor Thomas shovsky and chief medical officer Drive Christopher bani persuaded the 70-year-old Brian to undergo surgery at the hospital or he could experience serious complications if he left the hospital zarar laier said Friday on Facebook Brian underwent a hand assisted laparoscopic splenectomy procedure on August 21 in the middle of the surgery shinski removed Brian's liver instead of the his spleen the law firm alleges the surgical snafu resulted in immediate and catastrophic blood loss resulting in death the post read after erroneously removing Brian's liver the general surgeon labeled the organ as a spleen which was only identified as a liver after the man's death shinovi allegedly told Beverly Brian that her husband's spleen was so diseased that it was four times bigger than usual and had migrated to the other side of his body the FMA alleges