Sort of like having a co-pilot on a flight?

You'd have guessed that the surgical assistant, or even a surgical nurse, would have could caught it on the screen that the surgeon was removing the wrong organ.

It is there job to know and anticipate surgical tools, etc....they log in blood loss, monitor vitals ....yea...so it is interesting why they just complied....I'd like to know their excuse...

a bit less so, until the bleeding starts and becomes overwhelming (not every one in the OR the same clear view of the laparoscope nor is well versed in what it looks like, especially if the organs in the abdomen are somewhat obscured. The anesthesiologist should have had an early warning with blood pressure drops signaling obvious blood loss.

On rare occasions a person's organs can be anatomically reversed so that they are on the opposite sides of the body or at least not in the usual location (situs inversus) which would be the only even remote explanation for the mistake (still grotesque negligence/malpractice not to have seen that on scans), but that does not appear to be the case here--especially when the arteries were not in the expected location.

Still, not all surgeons are equally adept at laparoscopic surgery. Obviously. One has the right to demand to know the level of experience in past procedures but most patients/families are intimidated from doing so.

Very disturbing.

Sounds like he slept through anatomy class.

What's his background?