Rhinoplasty litigation

What is on record

Ong AA, Kelly A, Castillo GA, Carr MM, Sherris DA. "Characterization of Medical Malpractice Litigation After Rhinoplasty in the United States." Aesthetic Surg J 2021;41(10):1132–1138. 23 Westlaw cases 1960–2018; 20/23 (86.9%) for the surgeon; allegations: technical error 69.6%, unsatisfactory outcome 39.1%, aftercare 30.4%, consent 21.7%. (fetched)

Raggio BS et al. "Analysis of Factors Associated With Malpractice Litigation in Rhinoplasty." 2019: median payment $127,500 (search snippet only).

Kovalerchik O et al. "Physician accountability in iatrogenic cerebrospinal fluid leak litigation." Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2013: 55.6% defense; mean jury award $1.1M; settlements avg $966,887; 77.8% after endoscopic sinus surgery (search snippet only).

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In surgeon's terms

The procedure the record names

Pages on this site that explain the operation named above, written from the primary literature. They describe the procedure, not this person's surgery, which no surgeon of record has published.

• Septoplasty

  Septoplasty straightens the wall of cartilage and bone between the two sides of the nose so that air moves through both sides instead of one.

• Blocked breathing after rhinoplasty

  A nose that breathes worse after surgery than before it is the commonest functional complaint in revision practice, and it usually traces to one of three places: the internal…

• The caudal septum

  The caudal septum is the front edge of the septum, the part you can feel between your nostrils, and it holds the tip of the nose up.

Septum, valve and airway in the journal archive: 345 papers