Guided TPLO Wet-lab – Sydney Recap

Our two-day Guided TPLO Wet-lab in Sydney brought together veterinarians keen to add TPLO to their surgical skill set with confidence. The workshop was led by Dr Jack Davey, with support from OssAbility.

TPLO is widely regarded as offering excellent long-term outcomes for cruciate disease, but its complexity has traditionally put it out of reach for many veterinarians. This workshop showed how that learning curve can be reduced. Attendees used OssAbility’s TPLO Guide, which gives precise control of osteotomy position and rotation correction, together with a patient-specific preoperative plan from OssAbility’s specialist-backed Decision Support service.

Over the two days, attendees moved from dry labs to patient-specific cadaver practice and radiography. Key skills covered included:

  • Performing epidural analgesia
  • Positioning patients for radiography
  • The principles of TPLO, crescentic osteotomy and locking plate stabilisation
  • Performing TPLO using an osteotomy Guide and surgical plan
  • Meniscal surgery through a mini-arthrotomy: probing, therapeutic release, prophylactic release and partial meniscectomy
  • Using Decision Support to identify risks, select and configure a TPLO Guide, and receive postoperative feedback

Personalised Decision Support feedback throughout the workshop meant attendees could see the results of each step straight away and refine their technique in real time.

Attendees left with a clear, guided pathway to performing TPLO, and the confidence to assess and treat meniscal disease alongside it.

Thank you to Dr Davey and the OssAbility team for an engaging and highly practical two days, and to all the attendees for their enthusiasm and great questions.

Speaker Biography

Dr. Jack Davey BVetBiol/BVetSc (Hons I), MANZCVS

Jack graduated from Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, with first class Honours for his research on bone healing and also received the ‘Bruce Christie Surgical Prize’ for a high level of aptitude and clinical skills in small animal surgery during the veterinary course.

He then started his career as a mixed animal veterinarian working in Launceston, Tasmania where his passion for surgery strengthened. In 2018, Jack was awarded the NVC’s ‘Best Recent Graduate’ award for his work in veterinary clinics across Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia with both large and small animals. During this time he became familiar with the TTA OssAbility system treating many lame dogs with this technique.

Jack moved to Canberra in 2021 where he completed a surgical internship and residency at Animal Referral Hospital and now resides in Brisbane where he works at Veterinary Specialist Services. He has a strong interest in neurosurgery, surgical oncology, and soft tissue surgery, but aims to be involved in all aspects of veterinary surgery.
+/- In addition to surgery Jack enjoys the process of research and has published articles on oral reconstructive techniques, a unique colonic injury, CT assessment of bone healing, and negative pressure wound therapy devices.

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