Table 2.

All Cosmetic Procedure Medico-legal Complaints Compared with Cosmetic Procedures with Unfavorable Medico-legal Outcome for Surgeons

All Cosmetic Medico-legal Complaints		Cosmetic Medico-legal Complaints with Unfavorable Medico-legal Outcome for Surgeons
Top procedures	n = 253	Top procedures	n = 127
Breast augmentation	108 (42.7%)	Breast augmentation	52 (40.9%)
Abdominoplasty	62 (24.5%)	Abdominoplasty	35 (27.5%)
Body contouring	55 (21.7%)	Body contouring	22 (17.3%)
Top allegations	n = 253	Top allegations	n = 127
Deficient clinical assessment	92 (36.4%)	Deficient clinical assessment	16 (12.6%)
Inadequate informed consent	88 (34.7%)	Inadequate informed consent	25 (19.7%)
Inadequate monitoring	32 (12.6%)	Inadequate monitoring	<10
Healthcare-related patient harm	n = 253	Healthcare-related patient harm	n = 127
Any harm	173 (68.4%)	Any harm	92 (72.4%)
Preventable harm	102 (40.3%)	Preventable harm	81 (63.8%)
Top contributing factor	n = 138	Top contributing factor	n = 112
Physician–patient communication	59 (42.8%)	Physician–patient communication	52 (46.4%)
Deficient clinical decision making	51 (37.0%)	Deficient clinical decision making	52 (46.4%)
Inadequate documentation	25 (14.8%)	Inadequate documentation	18 (16.1%)