[step:Construct a left inverse in the quotient by smoothing symbols]
Let $\#$ denote the left semiclassical symbol product, characterized by the standard composition theorem
\begin{align*}
\operatorname{Op}_h(p)\operatorname{Op}_h(q)=\operatorname{Op}_h(p\# q)
\end{align*}
for $p\in S^r_{1,0}$ and $q\in S^s_{1,0}$, with asymptotic expansion
\begin{align*}
p\#q\sim\sum_{\alpha\in\mathbb{N}_0^n}\frac{h^{|\alpha|}}{i^{|\alpha|}\alpha!}\partial_\xi^\alpha p\,\partial_x^\alpha q.
\end{align*}
The theorem applies because $b_0\in S^{-m}_{1,0}$ and $a\in S^m_{1,0}$.
We recursively construct symbols $b_j\in S^{-m-j}_{1,0}$ for $j\in\mathbb{N}_0$. Suppose $b_0,\dots,b_{j-1}$ have been chosen so that, for
\begin{align*}
c_{j-1}=\sum_{k=0}^{j-1}h^k b_k,
\end{align*}
one has
\begin{align*}
c_{j-1}\#a-1\in h^jS^{-j}_{1,0}+S^{-\infty}_{1,0}.
\end{align*}
Choose $e_j\in S^{-j}_{1,0}$ such that
\begin{align*}
c_{j-1}\#a-1-h^je_j\in h^{j+1}S^{-j-1}_{1,0}+S^{-\infty}_{1,0}.
\end{align*}
Define
\begin{align*}
b_j:T^*\mathbb{R}^n\times(0,h_0]&\to\mathbb{C}
\end{align*}
by
\begin{align*}
b_j(x,\xi;h)=-\rho(\xi)e_j(x,\xi;h)a(x,\xi;h)^{-1}.
\end{align*}
The reciprocal-symbol lemma gives $b_j\in S^{-m-j}_{1,0}$. Since $\rho a^{-1}a=\rho$ and $1-\rho\in S^{-\infty}_{1,0}$, the leading contribution of $h^jb_j\#a$ is $-h^je_j$ modulo $h^{j+1}S^{-j-1}_{1,0}+S^{-\infty}_{1,0}$. Hence
\begin{align*}
(c_{j-1}+h^jb_j)\#a-1\in h^{j+1}S^{-j-1}_{1,0}+S^{-\infty}_{1,0}.
\end{align*}
Induction produces a formal left inverse $\sum_{j=0}^\infty h^jb_j$ modulo $S^{-\infty}_{1,0}$.
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