Experience with the Hickman catheter: unusual complications and suggestions for their prevention.
With the expanding clinical use of the Hickman catheter, new complications have emerged. This report describes two such complications: one in an adult with postplacement malposition and a second in a child with a ballooning double-lumen catheter. The risk of postplacement malposition can be reduced by placing the catheter's tunnel as medial as possible; the risk of material malfunction can be reduced by careful quality control and careful surgical technique.
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Wagman
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Neifeld
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012826:Silicone Elastomers
D012826:Silicone Elastomers