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Other protocol-defined safety measures (number of device-related occurrences in 91 patients)
| Time after procedure | Months |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| <1 | 1–6 | 6–12 | |
| Pneumothorax (and air leak >7 days) | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| COPD exacerbation | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cough | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bronchitis or pneumonia in the posttreatment period | 21 | N/A | N/A |
| Respiratory failure with mechanical ventilation >24 h | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bleeding and hemoptysis that requires hospitalization or transfusion | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Death | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Bronchitis. | |||
