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DR ABBIE TIPLER
Specialist Small Animal Surgeon
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Spey tips for veterinarians
Prior to working in specialist practice, I was a general practitioner for over 10 years. I have seen most spey complications there...

Abbie Tipler
Dec 1, 20226 min read


Non-technical skills for vets
"Minimising complications in soft tissue surgery - recent advances" authored by Dr Tim Charlesworth MA, VetMB, Cert SAS (ST), MRCVS, RCVS...

Abbie Tipler
Dec 1, 20222 min read


Mental Health in the Vet Profession
If you love your pet, you should love your vet - let's share this message to our clients. We are a profession facing a mental health...

Abbie Tipler
Dec 1, 20222 min read


Research project
Main research project and publications (including tips for starting out) For the residency training, you are required to undertake a...

Abbie Tipler
Nov 22, 20222 min read


Surgical Assistants - schedule them
I was taught that the best piece of equipment you can have, is a surgical assistant. Veterinary nurses, technicians and other vets all...

Abbie Tipler
Nov 22, 20221 min read


Training in related disciplines and externships
For residency training, candidates for Fellowship in Small Animal Surgery must spend 8 of the 144 weeks supervised full time in the...

Abbie Tipler
Nov 22, 20221 min read


Surgical complications - the toll they take
I often got asked what the hardest part of a surgical residency was. For me, it is was when there was a surgical complication. One...

Abbie Tipler
Nov 22, 20221 min read


Application of a Robert-Jones dressing
Here is a quick video I made of application of a Robert-Jones dressing. Link to 'Application of a modified RJ bandage'...

Abbie Tipler
Nov 22, 20221 min read


Avoiding bandage complications
The key to avoiding bandage complications is to give owners home care instructions. These are some bandage care instructions that we...

Abbie Tipler
Nov 22, 20222 min read


Women in Veterinary Leadership
Inspiring women in veterinary leadership and the discipline of surgery is important to me (by veterinary leaders I mean practice owners,...

Abbie Tipler
Nov 22, 20223 min read


Surgical Residency Training with Kids
A residency with kids - tips that worked for me: There is no doubt that completing a surgical residency with young kids presents its...

Abbie Tipler
Nov 22, 20221 min read


Analgesia
Analgesia for surgical patients: Effective analgesia plans for our surgical patients is crucial. Animals can't tell us they are...

Abbie Tipler
Nov 22, 20221 min read


Angular Limb Deformities
The most common location for an angular limb deformity (although they can affect any of the long bones) is the radius and ulnar due to...

Abbie Tipler
Oct 19, 20222 min read


Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy can be hugely beneficial to surgical patients post-operatively. This is a link to an article looking at physiotherapy...

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...

Abbie Tipler
Oct 19, 20221 min read


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...

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...

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...

Abbie Tipler
Oct 19, 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...

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...

Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20221 min read
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