A Grace High School student is turning her graduation project into a mission to help cover medical costs for another teenager ...

Most males and females have the same number of ribs — 12 on either side of the body for a total of 24. Some people may have extra or fewer ribs.

The Florida Department of Health has suspended the license of Thomas Shaknovsky, DO, who removed a patient's liver instead of his spleen, contributing to his death. An emergency suspension order ...

However, If a dog has a splenectomy to remove a cancerous spleen (e.g., hemangiosarcoma), then the prognosis is guarded. This very malignant cancer can spread even after the spleen is removed. So life ...

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo has suspended the license of Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky, the osteopathic surgeon who is accused of mistakenly removing a patient’s liver instead of his spleen ...

Patient dies after liver removed instead of spleen during surgery in Florida, widow says 'My husband died while helpless on the operating room table,' says the widow of the patient ...

“Typical human anatomy dictates that the liver naturally exists on the opposite side of the abdominal cavity, and it is several times larger than the spleen,” said Zarzaur. It wasn’t until ...

These can vary in size and location. The spleen may display clefts or notches, some of which can be so sizable as to make the organ look like it has a band around it. Wandering spleen: This rare ...

Grey’s Anatomy has graced us with more than two decades of behind-the-scenes hospital drama, with its best episodes carrying viewers through huge natural disasters, shocking deaths, and steamy ...

Anatomy of the Spleen Your spleen is a small organ the size of a closed fist—about 4-5 inches big. It weighs 5-7 ounces and appears reddish purple because it contains numerous blood vessels.

Background: Aortic dissection (AD) is a fatal aortic disease of which molecular pathogenesis has not been elucidated. In our previous studies, we found that systemic inhibition of Syk, spleen tyrosine ...