SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky doctor said Monday that he saved a truck driver’s life when he amputated part of the man’s penis after discovering a rare and deadly cancer, but the man told a jury he wanted to escape from the hospital when he learned it was removed without his knowledge.
The truck driver, Phillip Seaton, 64, of Waddy, is suing Dr. John Patterson, who performed the 2007 surgery that was initially meant to be a simple circumcision to relieve inflammation.