Oregon boy, five, who lost both testicles during botched surgery as a baby is given ZERO money by a jury

Boy was 11 months old when he underwent surgery to locate his undescended testicles in 2009



Parents sought $1.5million in lawsuit to help with son's medical expenses and compensate him for 'awkward moments' later in life

Plaintiffs' lawyer claimed boy's parents consented to a two-stage surgery, but doctors decided to perform a single procedure



Child will require twice-monthly testosterone injections starting at age 11 for the rest of his life

An Oregon jury has sided with a local hospital in a $1.5million lawsuit filed by the parents of a little boy who lost his testicles during a surgery.



It took jurors about six hours Thursday to deliberate the verdict before reaching the decision that surgeons at Oregon Health and Science University had the parents' consent to perform the procedure to locate the toddler's undescended testicles.



The surgery took place in 2009 when the unnamed child was 11 months old. He is now 5 years old and is enrolled in kindergarten.



Failed lawsuit: a jury sided with Oregon Health and Science University in a $1.5million lawsuit filed by the parents of a little boy who lost his testicles during a 2009 surgery

Following the verdict Thursday, which concluded a six-day trial, the child's parents were seen leaving the courthouse hand-in-hand, with the mother wiping away tears.



In their civil suit seeking $1.5million towards their child’s medical expenses, the parents contended that doctors at OHSU were supposed to move their son’s undescended testicles in two stages, but instead they opted to do it all at once.



However, OHSU attorney Nikola Jones argued that the parents gave the surgeon unrestricted consent to use the surgeon’s best judgment.



‘Here are inherent risks of surgery ... despite a surgeon’s best efforts,’ Jones said.

While the boy’s life expectancy is normal, he will have to undergo twice-monthly testosterone injections starting at age 11 for the rest of his life to ensure that he develops the secondary sexual characteristics of a man.



Some boys are born with undescended testicles. Often the testicles will descend on their own over time, but some boys need to undergo surgery in order to have the testicles moved.



The boy in the OHSU case was born with Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome, a rare condition in which boys are more likely to have undescended testicles.



The mother of the boy took the stand last Friday and fought back emotion as she described the day of the surgery. She said when doctors came out to tell them the testicles had been lost, there was a little bit of shock.

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Richard Lane, an attorney representing the parents, said the boy suffered ‘a devastating harm.’

According to reporting by The Oregonian, the failed lawsuit had sought about $500,000 as compensation for what his father described as the awkward moments his son would likely experience 'in the locker room, or with a girl,' according to Lane.



The attorney for the hospital argued that surgeons decided to relocate the testicles in a single surgery because it was the best option for the boy.



The parents' attorney said that his clients had given their written consent only to perform the first of the surgeries, believing that the two-stage technique carried the smallest risk.



‘They wanted to get it done right,’ Lane said. ‘They didn’t want it to be done quick. But OHSU said they knew better. And even now they’re not listening to what the parents wanted for their son.’



However, the OHSU counsel argued that the couple gave doctors their verbal permission to use the one-stage technique.

