Abbie Tipler
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy can be hugely beneficial to surgical patients post-operatively. This is a link to an article looking at physiotherapy...
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DR ABBIE TIPLER
Specialist Small Animal Surgeon
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My journey, cases and surgical tips for veterinarians
Abbie Tipler
Oct 19, 20221 min read
Residency Training and publications
Residency training support team: It can be useful during your residency to team up with other residents for support and study...
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Abbie Tipler
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Surgical Videos
I have learnt a great deal from surgical videos over the years. One procedure I used to watch every time prior to performing, was...
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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 19, 20221 min read
Bone Models
Anatomical bone models: The most useful and attractive item in my office is Bitzer Maloney. I find him hugely helpful when studying...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20221 min read
Amazing mums
You often don't need to look far to find your inspiration. This is my Mum receiving her OBE (officer of the British Empire - now up...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20221 min read
Case log for fellowship training
This is the minimum case log requirement for training. Neurological surgery: Includes disc decompression, fenestration, fracture...
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Abbie Tipler
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Mindfulness series on netflix
Our industry faces a mental health crisis and burn-out is a real thing. When we work in a challenging, physical and emotionally draining...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20222 min read
Wound dehiscence
Wound dehiscence - Prevention and management 1 - Prevention; The best way to avoid a wound dehiscence (wound breakdown), is by...
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Abbie Tipler
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Study tips
In my bid to work out how I was going to memorise the mountain of literature and knowledge involved in residency training, I employed a...
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Visits with specialists
In my first year of surgical residency training, I left the family and flew to the USA to complete part of my surgical externship at UC...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20221 min read
Coping with the loss of our pets
"Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love, they depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20221 min read
A surgical residency with kids
The most common question I get asked about my residency, is how is it possible to do it with kids. My response is that kids are...
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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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Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20221 min read
Celebrating small wins
Below is the link to an article in the Harvard Business Review called 'The Power of Small Wins'. https://hbr.org/2011/05/the-power-of...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20221 min read
Mindfulness
Mindfulness: proven. works. learn it. do it. How does mindfulness apply to surgeons? In the exact way it applies to everyone - by...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20222 min read
Hemilaminectomy
Hemilaminectomy - key physical exam findings and how to assess deep pain: One of the most common referrals to a specialist hospital is...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 12, 20221 min read
TECA - BO (Total Ear Canal Ablation - Bulla Osteotomy)
TECA-BO - a great article for anatomy and approach. There is an excellent article looking at the anatomy and approach for TECA-BOs. I...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 12, 20221 min read
ANZCVS College Awards
When you become a member of the ANZCVS college, one of the advantages is you can be nominated for various awards. There are all sorts of...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 12, 20221 min read
Cystotomy Tips
In around 20% of cases there is incomplete removal of uroliths from the bladder/urethra at the time of cystotomy for removal (Grant...
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