Table 2.
Description of complication types within each report
| Author | Complication Type (s) Reported | Complication Category Utilized |
|---|---|---|
| Millikan et al | Diaphragmatic perforation, empyema and viscus iatrogenic injury | Insertional, Infectious |
| LoCurto et al | Empyema | Infectious |
| Eddy et al | Empyema and incomplete pleural drainage | Infectious |
| Helling et al | Empyema, retained hemothorax, air leak | Infectious, Removal |
| York et al | TT related hemorrhage, misplacement or empyema | Insertional, Infectious |
| Curtin et al | Fissural or non fissural TT, intra-parenchymal | Positional, Insertional |
| Etoch et al | Undrained pneumothorax or effusion, pneumothorax following TT removal, inadequate placement requiring another TT, empyema, and other | Removal, Insertional, Infectious |
| Chan et al | Empyema, unresolved pneumothorax, persistent effusion, incorrect placement | Infectious, Removal, Insertional |
| Schmidt et al | TT malfunction or malpositioning | Positional |
| Bailey et al | Insertional (organ laceration or perforation, hemorrhage), positional or infective | Insertional, Positional, Infectious |
| Adrales et al | Empyema or recurrent pneumothorax | Infectious, Removal |
| Deneuville et al | Improper placement with our without iatrogenic injury, undrained hemo/pneumothorax, recurrent pneumothorax after TT removal, recurrent intrathoracic fluid collections after TT removal, and other | Insertional, Removal, Positional |
| Davis et al | Visceral injury, tube dislodgement, superficial skin infection, extrapleural tube placement, intraabdominal placement | Insertional, Positional |
| Lim et al | Tube malposition (fissure, extrapleural or intraparenchymal) | Positional, Insertional |
| Spanjersberg et al | Empyema, extrapleural placement | Infectious, Insertional |
| Ball et al | Insertional, Positional, Infective | Insertional, Positional, Infectious |
| Huber-Wagner et al | TT malposition | Positional |
| Aylwin et al | Life threatening conditions after TT insertion and non-life threatening conditions | Insertional, Positional |
| Bevis et al | TT kink, extrapleural placement, mediastinum abutment, intrafissure placement, intra-abdominal or transdiaphragmatic placement | Positional, Insertional |
| Karmy-Jones et al | Empyema | Infectious |
| Menger et al | Recurrent/residual hemo/pneumothorax, empyema | Removal, Infectious |
| Iribhogbe et al | Insertional (organ laceration or perforation, hemorrhage), positional or infective | Insertional, Positional, Infectious |
| Sethuraman et al | Immediate/delayed, major/minor | Insertional, Positional |
| Inaba et al | Pneumonia, empyema, retained or unresolved hemo/pneumothorax | Infectious, Removal |
| Martin et al | Air leak, persistent pneumothorax, infection, clotted/positional/kink causing non functional TT | Removal, Insertional, Positional |
| Schupfner et al | Interlobar, interparenchymal, and extrathoracic position | Positional |
| Morales et al | Air leak, clotted TT, empyema, recurrent pneumothorax | Removal, Positional, Infectious |
| Benns et al | Intraparenchymal, extrahoracic, fissural | Insertional, Positional |
| Matsumoto et al | Radiologic malposition(extrathoracic, abdominal, parenchymal or interlobal) or residual pneumothorax (functional versus nonfunctional) | Insertional, Positional |