DR ABBIE TIPLER

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

I know I'm not the only working mother who experiences this. I catch myself feeling guilty if I'm at work and not spending time with the...

Journal club tip - a new 2022 paper⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Alcohol-based hand rubs have become popular as a pre-surgical hand preparation. Alcohol hand...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlc5bOcqNDE ⁠ We use finger trap sutures to secure various tubes such as oesophageal feeding tubes and...

The veterinary literature - what is important? ⁠ ⁠ Prior to starting my residency I didn't understand what it meant to 'go down a rabbit...

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

RUOK is a harm prevention charity that encourages conversations to stay connected through difficult times. Asking the question, can save...

This is some exciting news, and I have to thank my friends in Sydney, for allowing me to share this. ⁠ Dr Andrew Levien from VSOS, Dr...

Thank you to Professor Giselle Hosgood BVSc (Hons), MS, PhD, FACVSc, Dipl. ACVS for your advice and assistance in creating this post. ⁠ ⁠...

⁠ This is a really interesting, developing, exciting part of what is now available to our profession. 3D printed models allow us to...

For anyone interested in advanced imaging, here is a brief video of how we utilise advanced imaging at Veterinary Specialist Services. ⁠...

I strategically placed Marshmallow as the first image, because she is a little bit more attractive than a perineal hernia, which often...

⁠ What is quilting? Quilting is where you tack the subcutaneous tissues to the deep fascia/linea. Every 3rd bit is anchored to the deeper...

Subcutaneous Ureteral Bypass⁠ ⁠ The ureters of cats are tubes that deliver urine from the kidney to the bladder. Should they become...

"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...

Cat appendicular (limb) osteosarcoma - journal club. ⁠ ⁠ There is now a more recent paper (Nakano 2022 JAVMA) that gives us up-to-date...

Boring definitions you need to know if you are studying (vet students, membership and fellowship candidates). ⁠ ⁠ It took me a while to...

One tip I have for urethral uroliths in general, is to attempt to flush the urethra via catheter. If a urinary catheter won't pass, or...

Incomplete ossification of the humeral condyle (not any more). ⁠ ⁠ This is just a quick update on the aeitiopathogenesis of what is now...