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In certain embodiments, the template cutting guide models 1832 may vary in how the slots 1350,1352 (e.g., guide features, See FIG. 13) for the cuts are positioned, angled, and oriented relative to each other and/or to a longitudinal axis of respective bones at a joint for use with the template cutting guide model 1832. For example in one template cutting guide model 1832 the slot 1352 for a resection of a metatarsal bone may be perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the metatarsal bone and the slot 1350 may be angled relative to a longitudinal axis of the cuneiform or cuboid bone such that once the two bones are brought together the deformity is corrected. Alternatively, in another template cutting guide model 1832 the slot 1352 for a resection of a metatarsal bone may be angled relative to a longitudinal axis of the metatarsal bone and the slot 1350 may be perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the cuneiform or cuboid bone such that once the two bones are brought together the deformity is corrected.

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