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I’m not board certified or anything, but isn’t there a subject docotrs are supposed to be acquainted with called anatomy?
And as a result, don’t we generally feel that doctors - especially surgeons - should be able to tell the difference between the shape of a gall bladder, and the shape of a kidney?
Or do surgeons routinely slice people open and cry: “wish me luck”!?
“The patient’s kidney was located where his gallbladder should have been, a rare occurrence experts said. “
So the doctor did the op with his eyes closed and didn’t notice any difference in shape?
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=2529921%2C1Did anyone bother to say that the gallbladder does not connect to the bladder or that the gallbladder connects to the liver. While he had him open he could have felt around to verify what it connected to. Just a thought but what do I know, I am no expert, I just stayed at a holiday inn last night.
If you don’t know a kidney from a gall bladder, you shouldn’t be doing surgery
But what do I know. It's not like I've peeled hundreds of gall bladders off of rabbit livers, so I could use the livers for pate.... wait, actually, I have.
/johnny
“Surgeon Who Removed Wrong Organ Had “Bad Luck””
I think it’s the patient that had the bad luck.
I say we operate on the “surgeon” and remove his brain... Oh, wait, that’s already been done.
That sounds like one state where you don’t want to be when you need surgery.
“...an 83-year-old patient...”
Under Obamacare this guy won’t get past the death panels.
Everyone is assuming that this kidney, which was not in the correct anatomical position, would have the normal size and shape. As for its texture aside from the scar tissue it was covered by, he likely didn’t cut into the kidney/gall bladder. He would cut it out, not cut it up.
Scar tissue around a sick gall bladder is common.
Say what? Obama finds out about this he’s gonna kick some ass and bust a cap into this blood!
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