# Man dies from "splenectomy" where they removed his LIVER instead! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 6, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-from-splenectomy-where-they-removed-his-liver-instead/1006842 "2024-09-06T02:06:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-from-splenectomy-where-they-removed-his-liver-instead/1006842/12 "2024-09-06T10:12:17Z")
> [@Tabco](#): > > The doctor apparently told the man’s wife his spleen was so diseased that it was swollen and had migrated to another part of his body. …and apparently his liver had likewise migrated, such that it was nowhere near its OEM location (where the doc was cutting)? Migrated or not, you’d think that an important part of identifying an organ would be checking to see what else it’s attached to - especially if it’s so deformed that you can’t visually distinguish it from a liver. > [@Nyvaak](#): > > “Culture of Safety” and “Crew Resource Management” are required topics in the refresher course paramedics take every two years. Are operating rooms giving only lip service to such advances? I recently brought up medical CRM in another thread, and got this response: > [@Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2330): > > I know some of the people working to bring CRM into medicine and let me tell you - they are frustrated. It’s been a much tougher slog getting that to take hold in medicine than aviation and there is still a lot of resistance. There’s been some success with checklists, but that’s the easy part of CRM. What’s much harder is changing the longstanding power dynamic between doctors and nurses, and until that’s more successful the communication issues are difficult to improve. End of hijack - if any… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-from-splenectomy-where-they-removed-his-liver-instead/1006842)._