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474

In one embodiment, the fasteners 3310 may be deployed parallel to cut faces that are formed when resection is done using the resection features 3322, by way of an angle of the holes in the resection guide 3320. After resection using each of the resection features 3322, the fasteners 3310 may be at an angle relative to each other (as illustrated in Figure 37B). Next, a surgeon may remove the resection guide 3320. A surgeon may also remove a fastener 3310, such as distal fastener 3310a. The resection guide 3320 can then be removed. Next, the surgeon may redeploy distal fastener 3310a into its original hole in the bone. The distal fastener 3310a can then be used to position a fixation guide 3390 such as fixation guide 3390a. In certain embodiments, engaging the fasteners 3310 with a fixation guide 3390a may close a resected wedge and/or rotate the fasteners 3310 so that they are aligned with each other, which in turn moves the bones to a desired orientation. Alternatively, or in addition, closing a resected wedge may move the fasteners 3310 into alignment with each other such that using the fixation guide 3390a places an alignment guide 3604 in a desired position.

Added by DJM Jan 2024