Veterinary surgical guide

A surgical guide for receiving and guiding a surgical instrument performing a bone osteotomy, the surgical guide including;

• a body, the body including a first body face and an opposing second body face adapted to abut the patient bone when in use, the first and second body faces separated by one or more side walls;
• at least one arcuate cutting channel curved around an axis substantially parallel to a vertical axis between the first and second body faces to guide the formation of an arcuate osteotomy in the bone from the first body face to the second body face, the arcuate cutting channel having a discrete length such that the arcuate cutting channel is bounded by the first and second body faces through which it extends;
• two or more apertures extending from the first body face through the body to the second body face, the apertures adapted to receive a fixation device;
• wherein the surgical guide includes one or more elongate arms or arm assemblies directly or indirectly connected to and extending from one side wall of the body;
• wherein the one or more elongate arms of the surgical guide consists of two elongate arms connected at a first end via a bridge portion to form a V or U-shaped arm assembly, the V or U-shaped arm assembly connected to the side wall of the body at or near the bridge portion of the V or U-shaped arm assembly;
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• wherein the body is arcuate in shape having a convex side wall and an opposing concave side wall, the V or U-shape arm assembly is centrally connected to the convex side wall.