Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., MD, is the first physician in New York City to perform a PROlat procedure using the Mazor Robotics Renaissance Guidance System.
Here are five things to know:
1. Mazor Robotics' PROlat procedure aims to improve efficiency of lateral lumbar interbody fusions, with the planning and guidance of the Renaissance system.
2. Dr. Lehman used the technology to assist in a lateral procedure. He noted that "with PROlat, we saved over an hour of time without having to flip the patient."
3. Dr. Lehman is director of degenerative and minimally invasive spine surgery and co-director of the adult and pediatric comprehensive spine fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City.
4. He also serves as director of clinical spine research at CUMC.
5. He focuses on complex spinal deformities, including scoliosis, kyphosis, revision spinal surgeries and minimally invasive applications for deformity surgery.