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Oct 2025
44m 34s

151 Gastrointestinal surgery

The Royal Veterinary College
About this episode

Joining Brian and myself in our studio we are delighted to have Dr Matthew Simpson. Matt is one of our fabulous lecturers in soft tissue surgery here at the RVC. We thought we’d talk about approach to GI surgery, from suture techniques to staples.  We hope that you enjoy.

Link to relevant paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35090778/

To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 151 Gastrointestinal Surgery with Matthew Simpson. Published on Oct 24 2025

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