Studies that recommend late chest tube removal
The Andersen et al. (2015) study showed that there was a correlation between early chest tube removal and the development of pleural effusion. The time for early chest tube removal was midnight or maximum was two o’clock in the morning after surgery which is less time consuming than the studies mentioned above and this time for late chest tube removal was the next morning (Maximum 24 hours).
Gür et al. (2018) study showed that there was a significant relationship between early chest tube removal and pleural effusion as a complication. There were also two groups in this study with a mean time of 2.3 days for early removal with less than 150 ml drainage for the last 24 hours and a mean time 4.1 days for late removal with less than 50 ml drainage in the last 24 hours.