FIELD OF THE TECHNOLOGY

The present technology relates generally to surgical instruments and techniques, and more particularly to, osteotomy cutting systems and surgical techniques.

BACKGROUND

Different surgical procedures utilize different instruments and techniques. In an osteotomy for correcting a bunion, for example, the surgeon makes multiple cuts to the bone to realign the joint using multiple surgical cutting blocks that each include a single cutting guide. That is, each time that a new cut is needed to be made to the bone, the surgeon must move the surgical cutting block to a new location or use a different surgical cutting block at the new location to make the cut, both of which are time consuming and/or an inefficient use of surgical instrumentation.

SUMMARY

Osteotomy cutting systems and surgical methods are provided herein. One surgical method includes coupling, to a cuneiform of a subject, a surgical apparatus for use in facilitating correction of a bunion in the subject in which the cuneiform is a first bone of the subject and coupling the surgical apparatus to a second bone of the subject.

Another surgical method includes coupling a surgical apparatus to a cuneiform and a metatarsal of a subject, coupling a cutting block for alignment at a joint between the cuneiform and the metatarsal of the subject. The method further includes performing a surgical procedure utilizing the surgical apparatus and the cutting block to correct a bunion in the subject.

A further surgical method includes providing a surgical apparatus for use in facilitating correction of a bunion in a subject in which the surgical apparatus is configured to couple to a cuneiform and a metatarsal of the subject. The method further includes performing a surgical procedure utilizing the surgical apparatus while the surgical apparatus is coupled to the cuneiform and the metatarsal of the subject.

