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Generally, in a tendon deployment a surgeon seeks to position the tendon in an optimal location on, or in, a bone to provide improved mobility and use of an extremity. For example, in an FDL tendon transfer, a surgeon plans to position a resected end of an FDL tendon on a plantar/inferior surface of a navicular 218. In one embodiment, a surgeon may plan to position the FDL tendon approximately where an inferior target marker 1108 is illustrated in FIG. 11A. The inferior target marker 1108 indicates where a surgeon desires the attachment point to be for a deployed tendon (e.g., either a transferred tendon or attachment of another tendon or graft).

Added by DJM Jan 2024