Complications of tube thoracostomy
| Insertional | 0 |
| Positional | |
| Post-removal pneumothorax | 3 |
| Drain dislodgement | 2 |
| Non-functional | |
| (I) Kinked | 1 |
| (II) Clotted | 1 |
| Collapse right lower lobe | 1 |
| Total | 8 |
| Infective | |
| Minor: drain site infection | 6 |
| Major: empyema thoracis | 1 |
| Total | 7 |
| Overall total | 15 |