Paragraph Number

314

Conventional surgical procedures on the foot and ankle can be done to address a variety of pathologies and/or conditions of a patient’s anatomy. Furthermore, a variety of wedge resections, opening wedge, closing wedge, and the like can be performed to address varus, valgus, dorsiflexion, plantarflexion, bone shortening, bone lengthening, and other orientation conditions of the ankle or foot generally and/or particular bones of the foot. Advantageously, the patient-specific apparatus, methods, and systems of the present disclosure can be implemented based on patient imaging data to address these various conditions. In addition, the medical techniques that incorporate the patient-specific apparatus, methods, and systems of the present disclosure can include certain conventional steps and stages and new stages or steps that are enabled by the present disclosure.

Added by DJM Jan 2024