Abbie Tipler
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 191 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 191 min read
Humeral fractures
These are not fun fractures to repair. For this patient (a 5 month old M Tibetan Mastiff), I placed 2 lag screws and bilateral...
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Abbie Tipler
Jun 6, 20231 min read
Rusty
Rusty is a greyhound who I performed a major thoracic wall resection surgery on last week. Rusty's surgery, to remove a rib...
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Abbie Tipler
Apr 23, 20231 min read
Lung lobectomy - meet Dustin.
Dustin - a lung lobectomy due to grass seed inhalation. When dog's inhale grass seeds, they can travel down to the lung and potentially...
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Abbie Tipler
Feb 17, 20232 min read
Saving Axle - liver lobectomies part 2
Saving Axle - Life-saving liver lobectomies case 2. Another liver lobectomy that I performed in the last couple of weeks was for...
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Abbie Tipler
Feb 16, 20231 min read
Saving Bear - life-saving liver lobectomies
Saving Bear - Life-saving liver lobectomies Bear presented to Veterinary Specialist Services extremely unwell. He was septic, lethargic...
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Abbie Tipler
Dec 28, 20222 min read
Complex neurological surgery case updates
Complex Neurological Surgery - The stakes are always very high, and team work is required. This is to provide some updates on two...
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Abbie Tipler
Dec 28, 20221 min read
Willow - hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus, and a dog called Willow. I had an interesting case this week that I thought I would share. Hydrocephalus is a...
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Abbie Tipler
Dec 27, 20222 min read
Pepper
"Helping one person might not change the whole world, but it might change the world for one person". Meet one very special dog,...
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Abbie Tipler
Dec 27, 20221 min read
Archie
Extrahepatic porto-systemic shunts. This is little Archie. Archie had a spleno-caval portosystemic shunt. The portal vein takes...
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Abbie Tipler
Dec 27, 20221 min read
Bella - open thoracic surgery
This made my Christmas - little Bella came back to see me today for her 10 day recheck post open thoracic surgery to ligate her PDA. ...
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Abbie Tipler
Dec 27, 20221 min read
Scout
This is the story of a cat that dodged a bullet through his heart (just). Scout is a 1 year old MN Ragdoll cat that presented for acute...
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Abbie Tipler
Dec 27, 20221 min read
Cocopop
Meet Cocopop - a puppy that needed heart surgery. Cocopop presented via the VSS cardiology service and was transferred to surgery for...
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Abbie Tipler
Dec 27, 20221 min read
Daisy
The story of a little rescue kitten with hydrocephalus: When Daisy was 8 weeks old she was diagnosed with hydrocephalus. This is a...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 19, 20221 min read
Pets in the park
We are all so busy, and the busyness of life makes us forget what is really important sometimes. Put your own oxygen mask on first, but...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20221 min read
My littlest patient, Evie
My smallest, littlest patient to date. This is her story. Evie was just 3 weeks old when she presented to us at VSS with a patent...
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