Daniel Metzgar, 44, had the surgical procedure in 2009. This week, a medical malpractice lawsuit a heard claims that the surgery had been botched.
The Newark truck driver's attorney, Michael C. Heyden, told a court that everyday tasks - such as riding in his motorbike or collecting his newspaper - became a problem for Mr Metzgar as he was 'stuck in this position'.
The driver had a three-piece inflatable penile implant fitted by surgeon Dr. Thomas J. Desperito.
The urologist fitted inflatable cylinders inside the shaft of the penis, a fluid reservoir under the abdominal wall and a pump inside the scrotum.
But attorneys for Dr Desperito, who denies responsibility, claim that occasionally bad medical results can occur without it being anyone's fault.
They suggested the truck driver should have realised something was wrong when his scrotum swelled to the size of a volleyball after the December surgery.
But the 44-year-old did not alert anyone to the problem until April.
Colleen D. Shields, acting for the
doctor, told the court that her client advised the patient to have
the prosthesis removed after he complained of an infection and that
the erection wasn’t going down, four months after the implant was
fitted
Ms Shields claims that despite the
warning, Mr Metzgar did not act for months following the April 2010
visit.
The prosthesis was eventually removed in August 2010, after tubing from the device punctured his scrotum during a family trip to Niagara Falls.
Metzgar told the court he had become withdrawn and avoided social situations because of his constant erection.
'I could hardly dance, with an erection poking my partner,' he said.
The lawsuit brought against Wilmington urologist Dr Desperito is being heard in New Castle County Superior Court in Wilmington this week.
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