Table 1.

Patients’ Characteristics

	Age (years)	Gender	Type of Emphysema	Target Lobe	Baseline Target Lobe Volume (mL)	Number of Valves	Pneumothorax	Infection	Air–Liquid Level in Bulla	Lung Function Evolution at 3 Months	Exercise Capacity at 3 Months
Patient 1	69	M	Heterogeneous	LUL	1855	4	Yes	No	No	ΔFEV1: +90 mL ΔRV: −0.3L	Δ6MWT: +5m
Patient 2	66	M	Homogeneous	LUL	1928	4	Yes	No	No	ΔFEV1: +250mL ΔRV: −1.71L	Δ6MWT: +67m
Patient 3	56	M	Heterogeneous	LUL	2149	5	Yes	No	No	ΔFEV1: −60mL ΔRV: +0.28L	NA
Patient 4	74	M	Homogeneous	LUL	1985	6	Yes	Yes	Yes	ΔFEV1: +100mL ΔRV: −1. 18L	Δ6MWT: −30m
Patient 5	57	F	Homogeneous	LUL	1339	4	Yes	Yes	Yes	ΔFEV1: +10mL ΔRV: −0. 997L	Δ6MWT: −10m
Patient 6	65	M	Homogeneous	LUL	1671	6	Yes	Yes	Yes	ΔFEV1: +6mL ΔRV: +0.04L	NA
Patient 7#	NA	NA	NA	LLL	NA	NA	Yes	NA	Yes	NA	NA
Patient 8#	NA	NA	NA	LLL	NA	NA	No	No	No	NA	NA
Patient 9*	NA	NA	NA	RLL	NA	NA	Yes	NA	NA	NA	NA

Notes: Patients 1 to 6 are described in the present study. #Patients 7 and 8 are described in Valipour A et al⁴ *Patient 9 is described in Van Dijk M et al³

Abbreviations: LUL, left upper lobe; FEV₁, forced expiratory volume in 1 second, RV, residual volume; 6MWT, 6-minute walking test; NA, not available; LLL, left lower lobe; RLL, right lower lobe.