[On the expert assessment of undesirable outcomes of rhinoplasty].

The Expert Commission of the Institute of Plastic Surgery and Cosmetology has undertaken comparative analysis of complaints over poor quality of the surgical treatment for the correction of nasal deformities from the patients operated during the periods of 2001-2003 and 2004-2006. The analysis has demonstrated that the frequency of undesirable outcomes of rhinoplastic interventions remains rather high. The majority of the aesthetically unacceptable postoperative deformations are usually due to technical errors during surgery. It is concluded that systematic analysis of the causes leading to professional mistakes and unfavourable outcomes of the surgical treatment is needed to collect data necessary for the development of measures for their prevention.