Donnie Walker wrote:
Dr. O'Grady - your article states bar shoes were used for third phalynx fractures. In your above post you indicate bar shoes are not used. Have you stopped using them since your article was written, and if so, would you elaborate.
I no longer glue shoes on for P3 fxs. Bar shoes coupled with a composite will limit expansion and you can count on heel cracks. Using my method, gluing open shoes will not limit expansion. We proved this in a study using over 50 horses.
Stephen E O'Grady, DVM