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In certain embodiments, a user may provide user instructions that affect the size, shape, and/or configuration of the body 900, the connectors, bone attachment features, anchors, and/or landmark registration features. For example, the user may wish to make the body 900 as small and narrow as possible. A larger resection guide 820c may require larger incisions which could lead to longer recovery times for a patient. However, the smaller the body 900, the less surface area of a patient-specific bone engagement feature, such as a bone engagement surface on a bone facing side of the resection guide 820c. The smaller patient-specific bone engagement feature may make positioning the resection guide 820b in a predetermined position more challenging. Thus, the user (e.g., surgeon) may weigh the benefits and challenges in the trade-off between the size and shape of the body 900 and corresponding size of a patient-specific bone engagement feature versus the ease of positioning the resection guide 820b during the surgical procedure. Those of skill in the art will appreciate that the resection guide 820c can have a variety of features, configurations, sizes and/or attributes that can be based at least in part on needs or preferences of patients, the nature of the deformity, and/or surgeon preferences.

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