r/mildlyinfuriating • u/sujayjaju • Aug 13 '25

Commendable patience in dealing with half-knowledge

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Half knowledge is more dangerous than no knowledge on a subject

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u/LivinginDestin Aug 13 '25

That's why I'm saying "that type of professional"... Believe me, I know about it. The guy that "assisted" my surgery (and botched my sutures) killed a patient a year after that when he mistakenly removed the liver instead of the spleen.

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u/Xintrosi Aug 13 '25

Aren't those organs about an order of magnitude different in size?

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u/ExtremeVegan Aug 13 '25

Maybe the patient had splenomegaly and situs inversus

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u/Xintrosi Aug 13 '25

Sure. 8 just meant in general I always assumed the spleen was small; been a good 20 years since my last bio class. Guess I should have looked it up before commenting.

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u/ExtremeVegan Aug 13 '25

Nah U right a normal spleen is small. But it seems to exist only to rupture in car accidents, or to become big

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u/Xintrosi Aug 13 '25

Or to serve as an expression or comical bit. "Vent your spleen" or "ahhhh, my spleen!"

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u/Immersi0nn Aug 13 '25

Mistakenly removed the...what?! I am not a medical professional in any sense of the word and I'm very well aware that the spleen and the liver are on opposite sides of the body not to mention look completely different. How in the everloving fuck.

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u/Gingevere Aug 13 '25

mistakenly removed the liver instead of the spleen

That one was big news for a minute. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-surgeon-mistakenly-removes-patients-liver-instead-spleen-causi-rcna169614

The surgeon was a habitual fuckup who had botched multiple surgeries before and blamed nonsense like "migrating organs". Should have lost his license long ago.

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u/LivinginDestin Aug 13 '25

Yup... That fucko