Journal Club · Learning Archive
Reading papers with the patient in mind.
Weekly one-slide critical appraisals of veterinary literature.
Each entry begins with a clinical question, examines what the study can and cannot tell us, and ends with what may change in practice.
ONE SLIDE · ONE PAPER · ONE CLINICAL QUESTION
FORMAT
Weekly appraisal
RECORD
Slide + written note
FOCUS
Clinical relevance
CURRENT JOURNAL CLUB
2026–27 Weekly Paper Index
A growing index of weekly one-slide critical appraisals, arranged by date and linked to the complete summary.
13 AUG
SOFT TISSUE SURGERY
Use of phenylephrine-soaked gauze following staphylectomy does not reduce reintubation or temporary tracheostomy in brachycephalic dogs
20 AUG
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
Short- and Intermediate- Term Outcomes in 28 Cats that have undergone a TPLO for CCLD
27 AUG
MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY
Complications and outcomes of 25 dogs undergoing surgery for intramural ureteral ectopia via a minimally invasive modified cystoscopic-guided scissor transection
4 SEP
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
Diagnosis and clinical outcome of cats with primary appendicular bone tumours: 76 cases
JOURNAL CLUB ARCHIVE
Previous years.
Annual collections of one-slide critical appraisals and presentation notes.
2024 – 2025
UQ Student Journal Club Archive
Presentations and paper reviews from veterinary training.
2024–2025 · UQ JOURNAL CLUB ARCHIVE
Factors associated with early tibial tuberosity fracture after tibial plateau levelling osteotomy (2018)
Lea R. Mehrkens DVM1 | Caleb C. Hudson DVM, MS, DACVS2 | Grayson L. Cole DVM, DACVS2
Major complications and rick factors associated with surgical correction of congenital medial patellar luxation in 124 dogs (2014)
Cashmore RG, Havlicek M, Perkins NR, James DR, Fearnside SM, Marchevsky AM, Black AP.
Outcomes of dogs treated for extrahepatic congenital portosystemic shunts with thin film banding or ameroid ring constrictor (2018)
Matt Matiasovic DVM, PGCert |Guillaume P. A. Chanoit DEDV, PhD, DECVS, DACVS, FHEA | Lee B. Meakin MA, Mres, PhD, VetMB, DECVS |Mickey S. Tivers BVSc (Hons), PhD, CertSAS, DECVS
Extratesticular interstitial and Sertoli cell tumors in previously neutered dogs and cats: A report of 17 cases (2006)
Doxsee AL, Yager JA, Best SJ, Foster RA.
Modified cranial closing wedge osteotomy for treatment of cranial cruciate ligament insufficiency in dogs with excessive tibial plateau angles: Technique and complications in 19 cases (2017)
Steven W. Frederick | Alan R. Cross
Antimicrobial Use Guidelines for Treatment of Urinary Tract Disease in Dogs and Cats: Antimicrobial Guidelines Working Group of the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases (2011)
. Scott Weese, Joseph M. Blondeau, Dawn Boothe, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, Luca Guardabassi, Andrew Hillier, David H. Lloyd, Mark G. Papich, Shelley C. Rankin, John D. Turnidge, and Jane E. Sykes
Evaluation of a modified proportional margin approach for complete surgical excision of canine cutaneous mast cell tumours and its association with clinical outcome (2020)
Harvey Saunders| Maurine J. Thomson* Janis P. Bridges | Lincoln Chaul
Predictors of outcome in dogs with subcutaneous or intramuscular hemangiosarcoma (2011)
Kai-Biu Shiu, bvms, dacvim; Andrea B. Flory, dvm, dacvim; Christie L. Anderson, dvm; Jackie Wypij, dvm, dacvim; Corey Saba, dvm, dacvim; Heather Wilson, dvm, dacvim; Ilene Kurzman, ms, edd; Ruthanne Chun, dvm, dacvim
Multiple Meningioma Resection by Bilateral Extended Rostrotentorial Craniotomy with a 3D-Print Guide in a Cat (2022)
Kyohyuk Song, Haebeom Lee , Jaemin Jeong and Yoonho Roh
Canine stifle joint biomechanics associated with tibial plateau leveling osteotomy predicted by use of a computer model (2014)
Nathan P. Brown, PhD; Gina E. Bertocci, PhD; Denis J. Marcellin-Little, DEDV
Comparison of Absorbable and Nonabsorbable Sutures for Intradermal Skin Closure in Dogs (2023)
Dimitrios B. Balomenos 1, Pagona G. Gouletsou 2,* and Apostolos D. Galatos 1
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