Table 2. Individual Jury Verdict Reports for Facial Implant Malpractice Litigation^a.

Patient No.	Location	Verdict in Favor of (Awards, US $)	Defendant	Inadequate Informed Consent	Death	Permanent Injury	Paresthesias	Time When Complication Occurred	Migration/ Removal Required	Scarring or Poor Cosmesis	Comments
1	Chin	Defendant	Plastic surgeon	Yes	No	No	No	NA	Yes/Yes	No	Incorrectly sized
2	Chin	Defendant	Plastic surgeon	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Immediately postoperatively	No/No	No	Mental nerve injury
3	Mandible	Plaintiff (15 000)	Oral surgeon	No	No	Yes	No	20 y	No	No	Teflon, resorption
4	Chin	Defendant	Plastic surgeon	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Immediately postoperatively	No/No	No	NA
5	Nasal	Plaintiff (237 000)	Plastic surgeon	No	No	Yes	No	2 y	No/Yes	Yes	Retained after attempted removal
6	Chin	Plaintiff (100 000)	Plastic surgeon	No	No	No	No	23 y	No/Yes	Yes	Dacron, foreign body reaction
7	Nasal	Defendant	Plastic surgeon	Yes	No	No	No	6 wk	Yes/Yes	No	NA
8	Chin	Defendant	Plastic surgeon	No	No	No	No	NA	Yes/No	No	“Asymmetric” chin
9	Chin	Defendant	Chiropractor	Yes	No	No	No	NA	Yes/No	Yes	Displaced implant with jaw manipulation
10	Chin	Defendant	Plastic surgeon/ anesthesiologist	No	Yes	No	No	Immediately postoperatively	No/No	No	Postoperative cardiac arrest
11	Chin	Defendant	Plastic surgeon	Yes	No	No	No	NA	No/No	No	Denied consenting
12	NA	Defendant	Otolaryngologist/ anesthesiologist	No	No	Yes	No	Immediately postoperatively	No/No	No	Dislodged endotracheal tube, anoxic brain injury

Abbreviation: NA, not available.

^aPlease note that all of these are allegations brought up in relevant cases.