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| | Surgical instrument, and methods for forming a channel in a femoral condyle including reconstructing an anterior ... |
 | | As was indicated, a person's knee joint comprises a posterior femoral metaphysis, a posterior femoral notch, a medial femoral condyle, a tibia, a lateral femoral condyle, and a distal femur. |
 | | The steps of pulling the surgical instrument along the guide wire, removing femoral condyle debris from the cutting edges of the surgical instrument, and moving the surgical instrument through the surgical opening again and along the guide wire, are subsequently repeated until the desired channel is formed in the femoral condyle. |
 | | With continued reference to the drawings for operation of the surgical instrument 10 and the method for forming a channel or trough 21 in a femoral condyle 23 of a knee joint of a person, one of the embodiments of the surgical instrument 10 is formed as previously indicated. |
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