DR ABBIE TIPLER

⁠Our industry faces a mental health crisis and burn-out is a real thing. When we work in a challenging, physical and emotionally draining...

Wound dehiscence - Prevention and management ⁠ 1 - Prevention;⁠ ⁠ The best way to avoid a wound dehiscence (wound breakdown), is by...

⁠ 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...

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...

"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...

⁠ ⁠ 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...

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...

⁠ 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...

Mindfulness: proven. works. learn it. do it. ⁠ ⁠ How does mindfulness apply to surgeons? In the exact way it applies to everyone - by...

Hemilaminectomy - key physical exam findings and how to assess deep pain:⁠ ⁠ One of the most common referrals to a specialist hospital is...

TECA-BO - a great article for anatomy and approach. ⁠ ⁠ There is an excellent article looking at the anatomy and approach for TECA-BOs. I...

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...

⁠ In around 20% of cases there is incomplete removal of uroliths from the bladder/urethra at the time of cystotomy for removal (Grant...

CT of a canine skull with bullet injuries⁠:⁠ ⁠ One of the most incredible parts about working in a specialist hospital is the utility of...

⁠ I have always been a huge believer in grabbing opportunities that come my way. There has been a recent swing towards 'not taking on too...

Female can't do orthopaedics, they said. ⁠ ⁠ This is a picture of one of my first fracture repairs at VSS. ⁠ ⁠⁠ Females make great...

Thumpers Paw - a journal publication, and the components to a training programme. ⁠ One of the most challenging aspects of a surgical...

⁠ We use finger trap sutures to secure various tubes such as oesophageal feeding tubes and closed suction drains in place. ⁠ ⁠...

⁠ ⁠ My dream and passion has always been to be a Small Animal Surgeon and right from veterinary school (many years ago now!), I knew that...

Vets - be kind to each other:⁠ ⁠ A common trap all vets fall into (including myself and I am sorry), is the 'why did they....' trap. ⁠...