I've been following this case from the beginning. If you had to come up with a defense, what could it possibly be? Is there *any* valid excuse for what happened that day? I'm not coming up with anything, but I'm not a surgeon. I assume he has some sort of defense in mind since he's not taking a plea deal and thus far prefers to go to trial. I can't fathom what it could be. Shaknovsky claimed during a deposition: >>Wrong-site surgeries can occur “during difficult circumstances,” Shaknovsky said, which in this case included blood in Bryan’s abdomen and an enlarged colon obstructing Shaknovsky’s view of other organs. Shaknovsky said that while he was trying to get a better view as the operation was underway, Bryan started bleeding profusely, causing his heart to stop. As the operating room team did chest compressions, Shaknovsky said, he desperately tried to find the source of the bleeding. It was during that chaotic time that he accidentally removed Bryan’s liver rather than his spleen.   submitted by