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Will Symons

Ground-breaking robotic surgery helps climber back to his feet, and up mountains!

Richard Johnson scales the Dolomites.

After 60 years of mountaineering, climbing addict Richard Johnson feared the worst. Suffering two severe knee twists on a winter climb, he faced a painful future without his lifelong hobby.

With waiting lists long and risks high, Johnson enlisted the help of the private Spire Little Aston Surgery, who promised to get him back on his feet with a robot-assisted knee surgery.

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