PhoenixSerenity<p>A <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LondonOntario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LondonOntario</span></a> man has become the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/first" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>first</span></a> person in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> to receive a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RoboticAssisted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoboticAssisted</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/surgery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surgery</span></a> on his <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/spine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spine</span></a>.</p><p>Dave Myeh suffered from debilitating, chronic back pain that led to sciatica in his right leg and extreme pain in his lower back.</p><p>He went to London Health Sciences Centre and became the first patient in Canada to receive a surgery called a direct lateral spine surgery, using the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MazorX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MazorX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Spinal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spinal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Robot</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://london.ctvnews.ca/first-in-canada-procedure-performed-at-london-ont-hospital-1.6861513" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">london.ctvnews.ca/first-in-can</span><span class="invisible">ada-procedure-performed-at-london-ont-hospital-1.6861513</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medical</span></a></p>