DR ABBIE TIPLER

Avoiding ureteral trauma at female desexing + steps for a dropped pedicle Part 1⁠ This is one of the complications vets are most...

Labial Button Sling for a caudal mandibular fracture - (yes buttons, as in from a jumper). ⁠ Tabitha presented to VSS Jindalee after...

These are not fun fractures to repair. For this patient (a 5 month old M Tibetan Mastiff), I placed 2 lag screws and bilateral...

Rusty is a greyhound who I performed a major thoracic wall resection surgery on last week. ⁠ ⁠ Rusty's surgery, to remove a rib...

Dustin - a lung lobectomy due to grass seed inhalation. When dog's inhale grass seeds, they can travel down to the lung and potentially...

Saving Axle - Life-saving liver lobectomies case 2. ⁠ ⁠ Another liver lobectomy that I performed in the last couple of weeks was for...

Saving Bear - Life-saving liver lobectomies ⁠ Bear presented to Veterinary Specialist Services extremely unwell. He was septic, lethargic...

Complex Neurological Surgery - The stakes are always very high, and team work is required. ⁠ ⁠ This is to provide some updates on two...

Hydrocephalus, and a dog called Willow. ⁠ ⁠ I had an interesting case this week that I thought I would share. Hydrocephalus is a...

"Helping one person might not change the whole world, but it might change the world for one person". ⁠ ⁠ Meet one very special dog,...

Extrahepatic porto-systemic shunts. ⁠ ⁠ This is little Archie. Archie had a spleno-caval portosystemic shunt. The portal vein takes...

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. ⁠ ⁠...

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...

Meet Cocopop - a puppy that needed heart surgery. Cocopop presented via the VSS cardiology service and was transferred to surgery for...

The story of a little rescue kitten with hydrocephalus:⁠⁠ When Daisy was 8 weeks old she was diagnosed with hydrocephalus. This is a...

⁠ 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...

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...