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The various apparatus, devices, systems, and/or methods of the present disclosure have been developed in response to the present state of the art, and in particular, in response to the problems and needs in the art that have not yet been fully solved by currently available technology. One general aspect of the present disclosure can include a patient specific instrument for correcting a condition present in a patient. The patient specific instrument may include a body that may include: a proximal side, a distal side, a medial side, and a lateral side; an inferior side that may include a bone engagement surface shaped to match a first surface of a first bone and a second surface of a second bone of a joint; a superior side that may include a first guide feature and a second guide feature that together, with the bone engagement surface overlying the first surface and the second surface, are positioned to guide resection of the first bone and the second bone during a surgical osteotomy for correcting the condition. The instrument includes where the body is configured to seat transverse to the joint with the bone engagement surface engaging the first surface of the first bone and the second surface of the second bone.

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