Miami Herald

A patient went in for a standard back surgery. She awoke one kidney short.

Maureen Pacheco who, at 51, went to Wellington Regional Medical Center in April 2016 to get the bones in her lower back fused because she was suffering pain from a car accident years earlier. She left ...
People

Surgeon Will Pay $3,000 Fine for Removing Kidney He Mistakenly Thought Was a Tumor

A Florida surgeon has agreed to pay a $3,000 fine after removing a woman's kidney in April 2016 during back surgery, mistaking it for a cancerous tumor Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for the ...
WESH

Florida surgeon removes healthy kidney he thought was tumor

WEBVTT HOSPITAL FOR SPINAL SURGERY AND LEFT WITH ONLY ONE KIDNEY. >> WHAT HAPPENED? THIS WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN, AND A LITTLE BIT OF FEAR AND PANIC CAME IN BECAUSE, YES, PEOPLE CAN LIVE WITH ONLY ...
WFTV

Lawsuit: Florida surgeon removed woman's kidney by mistake during back surgery

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida woman recently settled a medical malpractice lawsuit against a surgeon who removed her fully-functioning kidney during a 2016 spinal surgery. Maureen Pacheco's ...