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Figure 21J also illustrates a one fastener 2010 secured within a first bone attachment feature 2024a. The first bone attachment feature 2024a secures the resection guide 2020 to a portion of the bone during an osteotomy. The bone attachment feature 2024 secures the resection guide 2020a to a portion of the bone that forms the wedge bone fragment 2050 after formation of a wedge osteotomy. As described herein, the osteotomy system 2000 may include a second bone attachment feature 2024b that can be used to secure the resection guide 2020a to the bone. In one embodiment, the first bone attachment feature 2024a and second bone attachment feature 2024b include fasteners 2010 that enter the bone in parallel to each other, to facilitate removal of the resection guide 2020a while leaving the fasteners 2010 in the bone. In the illustrated embodiment, the fasteners 2010 in the first bone attachment feature 2024a and second bone attachment feature 2024b both enter the portion of the bone that becomes the wedge bone fragment 2050. With the fasteners 2010 in the wedge bone fragment 2050, the wedge bone fragment 2050 can be readily manipulated and/or removed during a surgical procedure.

Added by DJM Jan 2024