Type of intercostal drain involved in each type of incident
| Nature of injury | Number of cases (deaths) | Mortality | ||
| Seldinger | Argyle | Not recorded | ||
| Wrong location/side | 20 (5) | 11 (3) | 6 (1) | 9 |
| Lost wire | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lung/chest wall injury | 33 (5) | 9 (2) | 5 (1) | 8 |
| Mortality | 10 | 5 | 2 | 17 total |