Table 2.

Rate of drainage and number of patients discharged according to postoperative hours

			Postoperative hour
	8th	16th	24th	32nd	40th
Patients (n)	43	43	21	6	1
Median drain-rate (ml)	3.30	1.10	0.53	0.14	0.06
25–75 Quartiles	0.25–4.375	0.625–1.625	0–0.687	0–0	0–0
Range	0.6–6	0–3.1	0–2.1	0–1.5	0–1
Patients discharged with new criterion (≤ 1 ml/h)	0	22	15	5	1
Potential patients discharged with old criterion (≤ 25 ml/24-h)	0	0	9	0	0