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| Daniel Metzgar who is alleged In an Erection |
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truck driver from Delaware is suing the doctor that gave him a penile
implant four years ago because the surgery allegedly left the driver with an erection that lasted for eight straight months.
Daniel
Metzgar’s 2009 surgery involved a three-piece inflatable penile implant,
with cylinders placed inside the penis’ shaft, a fluid reservoir
implanted under the abdominal wall, and a pump put in the scrotum. But
something went wrong and Metzgar was left with a permanent boner.
Or, as
Metzgar’s attorney, Michael Heyden, put it: “Dan is stuck in this
position.” That position, according to Heyden, made it difficult for
Metzgar to complete a number of everyday tasks, including but not
limited to: getting the paper in the morning, riding his motorcycle, and
attending regular family events, which made the constantly erect
Metzgar feel uncomfortable.
“I could hardly dance, with an erection poking my partner,” Metzgar told jurors Monday when he took the witness stand. The procedure caused him to retreat from much of life, even wearing long baggy sweat pants and a long shirt to hide his situation.
“It’s not something you want to bring out at parties and show to friends,” said Metzgar.
Dr. Thomas
J. Desperito, the urologist who performed the surgery, denies
responsibility, saying that bad results are not always the fault of one
procedure or doctor. Deperito’s attorneys also said Metzgar should have
realized something was wrong when his scrotum swelled to the size of a
volleyball.
Metzger
finally had the device removed in 2010, after its tubing punctured his
scrotum while he was on a family trip to Niagara Falls.
Metzgar
eventually got a replacement prosthesis, but he claims scarring from the
first surgery has left him “50 percent smaller” with less sensation.
The lawsuit is still ongoing in New Castle County Superior Court.
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