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Advantageously, resection features 2022 of the resection guide 2020a can be configured to enable a surgeon using a cutting tool to separate the resected bone (e.g., wedge bone fragment 2050) from the patient bone (e.g., calcaneus 1806) while leaving in a part of the bone on the medial side, the medial cortex 2110. Advantageously, bone attachment features 2024 can be positioned within a perimeter of the resection features 2022 of the resection guide 2020a. Having the bone attachment features 2024 within the perimeter of the of the lateral side of the resection guide 2020a can provide secure engagement of a resected part (e.g., a wedge bone fragment 2050) of the bone once resection is complete. This can facilitate removal and/or repositioning of the wedge bone fragment 2050. In addition, fasteners 2010 used together with the bone attachment features 2024 can extend perpendicular to a surface of the resection guide 2020a and/or parallel to each other which can then facilitate removal of the resection guide 2020a after forming one or more osteotomies. Alternatively, or in addition, bone attachment features 2024 within the perimeter of the lateral side of the resection guide 2020a can facilitate minimally invasive surgery (MIS) procedures because this positioning of the bone attachment features 2024 can enable the resection guide 2020 to be smaller in size.

Added by DJM Jan 2024