"In the late 1970s, Robert O Hickman (1926-2019) 4, was a Fellow in paediatric nephrology, at the University of Washington in Seattle. He was asked by the bone marrow transplant nurses to create a new catheter for their patients. He modified the then widely-used Broviac catheter to create the Hickman catheter. The only difference was one of size, at that time the Broviac catheter was a 6.5 French gauge (Fr) catheter, whilst the original Hickman catheter was 9.6 Fr 3."
Expected headings
"Radiographic features"
"Insertion"
"Long-term"