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The body 1032 may include a resection feature 1022 that guides a cutting tool to resect one or more bones, such as a distal tibia in the manner needed to make the desired resection. For example, the resection features 1022 may be used to guide a planar cutting blade, an arcuate cutting blade, a drill or mill, a burr, and/or the like. The resection features 1022 may guide a reciprocating planar blade, such as that of a surgical bone saw, which forms planar cuts in a distal tibia. Various manual or powered tools may be used to form the planar cuts. In one embodiment, a sagittal bone saw can be used. In one example, the resection feature 1022 may take the form of a single slot 1052 in a “V” shape.

Added by DJM Jan 2024