Simply Keyhole provides versatile laparoscopy training solutions to vet practices across the UK and Europe.
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From equipment advice, to in house teaching of vets and nurses on live patients - we provide all you need to start safely and confidently!
We couldn't resist resharing a few images from our Karl Storz filming day - a whole year ago now! It's nice to see laparoscopy showcased, and we will always do all we can to get our message out there in the profession!
Laparoscopy is not a referral level skill, it is perfectly feasible in any general practice and we love supporting clinics to introduce it to their teams, benefitting their patients and clients :)
There are many ways to learn, and hands on is almost always the best!
Our live in-practice teaching allows us to get your whole team excited for laparoscopy, and everyone starts the journey together. Learning on real patients is much more realistic, particularly for keyhole surgery, than cadaver courses.
We also provide 3 years access to our website, with documents covering the theory of laparoscopy (which is drilled into you by us during our teaching days too of course!).
If you'd like to know more just get in touch.
Did you know we offer an online subscription to our web resources?
If your practice already runs a laparoscopy service, but you'd like support such as training videos for additional procedures, and equipment care guides to help train new staff, this will really help your team!
Get in touch if you'd like to sign up!
It's a few weeks since SPVS conference! It was lovely to speak to lots of people already running laparoscopy services, but still many more getting ready to start! Let us help from the beginning to demystify the world of equipment.
It's Becky's birthday today! Becky loves running Simply Keyhole alongside Rory, and having this business is a dream. Being able to visit clinics and teach something we are so passionate about, improving animal welfare and also team confidence, is a true privilege. Here's to many more years!
We are ready to go! If you’re at SPVS conference do come and say hi!
As we get ready for a little reminder to visit our website to see how we can help get lap surgery started (or enhanced!) in your clinic. We LOVE teaching, and seeing confidence build in a previously new and scary set of procedures.
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We can't believe it's only 1 week until !
Please come and say hi if you're attending - and as always there's a bottle of champagne up for grabs for the fastest sugar cube stacking :D
Sophie and Vinnie having a lovely snuggle after play time - Sophie is just a few days post keyhole spay and running around like nothing has happened! 🥰
It’s a wrap! Superstar surgeons today will be absolutely fine going forward lap spaying after two days intensive (but very fun) training - well done to the whole team! Time to fly back to Edinburgh 🥰✈️
Gorgeous Sophie is recovering nicely after she was star of the filming on Friday 🥰 Back to her normal bouncy self within a few hours!
I am really looking forward to filming fresh internal footage for Simply Keyhole training tomorrow! Watch this space for photos of our gorgeous celeb patients tomorrow 🥰🎥
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.
It wouldn't be the end of the year without us sharing just a few of our fantastic laparoscopy patients! This lovely bunch have all benefitted from significantly reduced post-op pain and complications, and a rapid return to normal exercise, thanks to their clinics' dedication to their keyhole service!
Here's to helping many more patients this way in 2024 :)
We love the opportunities Simply Keyhole presents us - our next 2023 throwback is to Becky's fantastic trip to Ireland to teach the lovely team at O'Connor Julian Vets!
Our next 2023 teaching team throwback is the lovely Grange Vets in Wales - Rory has the pleasure of teaching the team there in June this year
How is it December already?!
As 2023 draws to an end, we are reflecting on an amazing year teaching so many excited and dedicated teams laparoscopy. The feedback on our in house training days has been so positive.
We can't wait to teach many more of you next year!
This month we will post some throwback photos of teams and patients from 2023 :) Here's the wonderful Ayrton (Alora) Vets in Scotland to start us off!
We can't believe it's two weeks since LVS! We have just about recovered - it was so great to speak to so many practices ready to start their laparoscopy journey. Our follow up emails have gone out, so if you haven't had one and would like to know more please get in touch!
went by in a whirlwind! What a brilliant couple of days catching up with friends and meeting new vet teams excited to start their laparoscopy journey! Huge well done to Ioannis who won the sugar cube stacking this year, with an impressive time of 17 seconds! The London Vet Show
We are ready to go (with the exception of one missing table…which hopefully will show up by the morning…!)
Can’t wait to see you all at The London Vet Show over the next couple of days - please come to stand K02 to say hi, and have a go at winning a bottle of champagne 😁🥂
Time for The London Vet Show 2023!!! 🥂✈️ If you’re attending come and see Simply Keyhole at K02!
We can't believe it's only 10 days until we travel to The London Vet Show 2024!
Who's attending?! Come along and have a go at winning our bottle of champagne - stand K02!
Gorgeous Ivy was one of our teaching patients a few weeks ago - here is a video of her on day 3 of her 'recovery'! Ivy and her owners were thrilled.
We LOVE being able to bring these superb recoveries to your patients by helping introduce laparoscopy confidently and safely to your whole team :)
Gorgeous Bailey was the star of our filming a few months ago - finally getting round to doing some video editing this week!
He has recovered beautifully from his lap assisted gastropexy, and should now be at reduced risk of GDV for the rest of his days :)
We love exhibiting - each year we exhibit at the Vet Dynamics Conference, The London Vet Show and SPVS conference.
It's an excellent opportunity to meet new practices, but also to catch up with those we have already taught and hear how well their keyhole services are going!
If you're attending LVS or SPVS do pop along and say hi 🙂 And of course, there's always a bottle of champagne to be won for the fastest sugar cube stacking!
Here's Becky explaining a little bit about what we do at Simply Keyhole - thanks to KARL STORZ for helping with our filming and creating some lovely videos!
Looking forward to presenting our first live webinar!
Calling all laparoscopy enthusiasts! 🐶🐱
We have the dynamic and inspirational Becky Keeble from Simply Keyhole delivering a live webinar with IMV on how to set up your own laparoscopy service, step-by-step!
When: Wednesday 11th October, 8pm-9pm + questions
What: During this webinar we will demystify laparoscopic surgery - from equipment options to surgical techniques. We will discuss the benefits of a laparoscopic service for your team and patients, and help you understand how to get started. And to see how easy it is to introduce laparoscopy to any general practice setting!
How: to get ahead of the laparoscopic wave, follow the link below to register for some excellent, free CPD:. If you can't make the live screening, the webinar will be available on catch up! ⬇️
https://hubs.ly/Q024hVb60
How kind!
It’s been an absolute pleasure to meet and teach this team the last two days, good luck on your laparoscopy journey - you’re already off to a flying start!
We love supporting your entire team at Simply Keyhole, building confidence and excitement in the procedures together.
Now for the 4h drive back up the M6 - at least the sun is shining 🥰☀️
We have enjoyed looking back over our previous reviews to run 'Testimonial Tuesdays' in September!
If you'd like to find out more about how we can help introduce or enhance your laparoscopic service, visit our website or get in touch here.
If we've helped you already and you'd like to drop us some feedback we would always love to hear from you too!
Another beautiful day to teach☀️ - this time south of Manchester.
What a fantastic couple of days at the conference! Great to catch up with old friends and meet some new clients excited to start their laparoscopy journey! Nice to be home for a night before heading to teach in Manchester - the kids are enjoying their conference swag!
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Gorgeous Ivy was one of our teaching patients a few weeks ago - here is a video of her on day 3 of her 'recovery'! Ivy and her owners were thrilled. We LOVE being able to bring these superb recoveries to your patients by helping introduce laparoscopy confidently and safely to your whole team :) #keyholespay
Here's Becky explaining a little bit about what we do at Simply Keyhole - thanks to KARL STORZ for helping with our filming and creating some lovely videos!
As we are running a ‘testimonial tuesdays’ theme for September, it was lovely to receive a video from one of our Irish practices - here are some screenshots of the highlights. Visit our Instagram page for the full video!
Here's a video to show how we remove a cryptorchid testicle - two small ports are place to allow us to visualise the testicle, we then grasp it and remove it via the port hole. The alternative is a large open surgery and long recovery period. Lovely Cooper was back to his normal crazy self within a couple of days of his laparoscopic assisted procedure! #keyholecryptorchid #dogcastration #thereitis!
We LOVE this timelapse video put together from our filming with KARL STORZ Many clinics worry that keyhole spays will take longer than open ones - in fact, the opposite is true. With the right training to get your team confident in the set up, keyhole spays are often quicker than open ones. Get in touch to find out more about how we can help you start or enhance your laparoscopic service :) #vetcpd #keyholespay #trainingvetsandnurses #karlstorz
Marley's subtotal pericardectomy video as promised yesterday
Throwback Thursday to gorgeous Harper having a play in the garden the day after her keyhole ovariectomy. She would have been impossible to rest for the 7-10 days needed for an open spay! Gorgeous girl....can you guess what breed(s) she is?!
Ah the good old ovary drop...we've all been there! There are some simple tips to minimise the number of 'ovary drops' you experience, and also some very important rules to ensure that you can find it if you do drop it! Does anyone have any tips to share? #shareknowledge #keyholespay #keyholesurgery
Lovely timid little Alex came to Becky for a laparoscopic ovarian remnant removal last week. It's so lovely to be able to treat this unfortunate complication minimally invasively. Only a couple of days of rest and she will be back to her (slightly less hormonal) self! #minimallyinvasivesurgery
If you're needing a little break from the festivities - what better than a lovely laparoscopy video?! Here's a couple of clips from Maizie's keyhole ovariectomy - securing, cauterising and cutting of the left ovary. And repeat for the right side. Most importantly - recover a very happy patient very quickly! #happychristmas #happypatient #veterinarylaparoscopy #videotellsathousandwords
Making sure we are stocked up ready for exhibiting at Vet Dynamics Conference next month! Beyond excited to get back to the conference and chat all things laparoscopy to independent practice owners 😍 The countdown is on! #exhibiting #trainingvetsandnurses #veterinarylaparoscopy
It’s all about the teaching opportunities. Here Becky expertly demonstrates dropping of the ovary…! And how to swiftly retrieve it of course. With 10 years experience in laparoscopic surgery we have come across all of the problems, and know the ways to prevent or overcome them. When removing the ovary it is essential to tilt the patient back to midline first - such that if you drop the ovary it falls directly below the port and is easy to find (vs falling into the lateral abdomen and disappearing under the intestines!) This is just one trick to make keyhole surgery efficient and safe in general practice. #teachingvets #keyholesurgery #keyholespay #minimallyinvasivesurgery
Lovely Brewster the Greyhound was suffering from ongoing weight loss and steadily rising liver enzymes. He had a laparoscopic liver biopsy performed, enabling us to get histopathology without open surgery. He recovered fantastically well and was home within a few hours. (The special biopsy forceps provide haemostasis by crushing the tissue around the edge of the biopsy site, we always check clotting times before this procedure and hold for 30 seconds before extracting the tissue!). This is just one of the many additional procedures you can offer your patients when you set up a laparoscopic service - keeping your medics and surgeons happy! :) #veterinarylaparoscopy #laparoscopicbiopsy #greyhoundlove
Poor Ollie the labradoodle regretted sniffing the freshly cut long grass - after a couple of hours of flushing and three different approaches we were finally able to remove a long barbed blade of grass from his nasal cavity! A combination of retroflexed flexible scopes and our rigid rhinoscope made this possible.
Someone should tell Lady she had surgery 6 hours ago…?! The wonder of keyhole surgery 😍❤️
Laparoscopic simulators are a great way of starting to learn the dexterity and depth perception required for performing keyhole surgery. All of our practices get a loan of one for a few weeks before our visit, and we find this makes the surgeons much more confident with handling the equipment when we teach on live patients. There's no substitute for having someone there for your first live spays! We find the combination of simulator training and live teaching is the safest way to learn, and surgeons are far more confident than after going on a cadaver course. (These simulators are also great for setting up competitions...we all know how competitive our teams can be! A great way to involve the whole practice in setting up a new laparoscopy service.) #simulatortraining #teachingvets #keyholepspay #veterinarylaparoscopy
'Our Clients' month "Has laparoscopy benefitted the practice as a whole?" Undoubtedly yes from every practice who takes it on. From all aspects - happy patients, happy clients, happy team and happy finances! It's a no brainer. If you're still not sure, get in touch to chat through what a laparoscopic service can do for your practice. (It's nothing to do with the size of the hole you can do a bitch spay through, and it takes no longer than a routine spay with the right set up and training!) #mythbusting #keyholepspays #veterinarylaparoscopy
'Our Clients' month "How did our training compare to a cadaver course to learn keyhole surgery?" Hywell at Lime Trees providing some feedback for us at a Vet Dynamics conference :) #conference #livetraining #realpatients #keyholesurgery #veterinarylaparoscopy
'Our Clients' month Hoy Lake - one of our first practices almost 5 years ago! Here's Rob explaining how the team found the experience of in house teaching on live patients, with their own equipment and full team involvement. Many years later Hoy Lake are running a very successful laparoscopic service, and we could not be prouder! #proud #keyholespays #timeflies #testimonial
This video shows some examples of instruments used to cauterise and cut tissues in laparoscopic surgery. There are many options out there! Get in touch if you'd like some impartial advice and help with setting up and training your team in keyhole surgery. Once you pick your equipment, we visit your practice to train the surgeons and whole team for two days of in-house live patient teaching. #veterinarylaparoscopy #keyholespays #safelearning #wholeteamapproach
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