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DR ABBIE TIPLER
Specialist Small Animal Surgeon
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Abbie Tipler
Jan 193 min read
Temporary tracheostomy placement and care
This blog post covers temporary tracheostomy placement as well as care. Firstly, this is a link to a video I made on the procedure to...
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Abbie Tipler
Jan 310 min read
Fellowship Study Tips
Disclaimer: These are my personal tips that helped me to pass my Fellowship and this is written independent of my prior involvement with...
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Abbie Tipler
Jan 32 min read
How to be a good intern
What Makes a Good Intern at a Specialist Hospital. I get a lot of questions about pathway to specialty training. This often starts with...
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Abbie Tipler
Dec 13, 20241 min read
Gastropexy
This is a video demonstrating a gastropexy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZP9gdiAH-A
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Abbie Tipler
Nov 15, 20245 min read
Brachycephalic Care Unit (BCU) at VSS Jindalee
https://www.vss.net.au/brachycephalic-care-unit-jindalee.html I am so proud to announce the official opening of BCU at VSS Jindalee. We...
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Abbie Tipler
Nov 15, 20241 min read
Female Orthopods
'We would love to have more females involved'. This was a short phrase, that was articulated by Dr Mark Glyde (AO orthopaedic faculty),...
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Abbie Tipler
Nov 15, 20242 min read
Educational Tips from my 'Vets on Tour' talks
1 - Patella Luxation Despite popular belief, patella luxation surgery carries a high risk of complications (roughly 20-40% in dogs,...
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Abbie Tipler
Nov 15, 20242 min read
Desexing recommendations.
Turning our desexing recommendations on their head, finally. The 2024 World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) guidelines, with...
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Abbie Tipler
Nov 15, 20242 min read
Stifle Lameness - It is not always the cruciate
Case 1 - Tofu - referred for cranial cruciate ligament rupture. Hx: LPL lameness PE: Painful in both stifles on examination, no...
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Abbie Tipler
Nov 15, 20245 min read
Avoiding Burnout - Tips
I can't speak for everyone when it comes to how it feels to hit a point of burn out. However, I can describe how burn-out felt for me,...
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Abbie Tipler
Nov 15, 20242 min read
Stress in Surgery - Tips
The American Journal of Surgery published an article "The effects of Stress on Surgical Performance" Firstly, Why is it bad?- Stress...
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Abbie Tipler
Aug 18, 20241 min read
Stenotic nares - alarplasty video
My preferred method for the stenotic nares procedure is to take a very deep wedge. My first incision is very close to the alar fold, from...
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Abbie Tipler
Jul 31, 20242 min read
Stress in Surgery
The American Journal of Surgery published an article "The effects of Stress on Surgical Performance" Why is it bad- Stress effects...
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Abbie Tipler
Jul 29, 20242 min read
Ovary-Sparing Hysterectomy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4KEslebOO4 a video The key components to this procedure are as follows; 1 - Make usual celiotomy...
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Abbie Tipler
Jul 24, 20242 min read
#Ilooklikeasurgeon
I was in consultation just 3 days ago - I described the recommended procedure, complications, prognosis and costs. The owner then called...
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Abbie Tipler
Jul 17, 20242 min read
Avoid ureteral trauma
Avoiding ureteral trauma at female desexing + steps for a dropped pedicle Part 1 This is one of the complications vets are most...
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Abbie Tipler
Jun 26, 20242 min read
Better Red than Dead
Correct me if I am wrong, but I wonder if vets over-think autotransfusions as something too complicated for use within their own...
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Abbie Tipler
Jun 19, 20241 min read
Exposing abdominal gutters video
Exposing the abdominal gutters - a video, using the basket technique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiEvVn6mlnE This is a short video...
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Abbie Tipler
Jun 19, 20241 min read
Button's for Tabitha
Labial Button Sling for a caudal mandibular fracture - (yes buttons, as in from a jumper). Tabitha presented to VSS Jindalee after...
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Abbie Tipler
Jun 19, 20241 min read
Ureterocoele
favourite case of the week - Lyla. Lyla presented for pollakiuria and stranguria of fairly acute onset. Ultrasound revealed a cystic...
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