# Western Cape Department of Health urologist, Danelo du Plessis, successfully performed South Africa’s first robotic donor nephrectomy at Tygerberg Hospital. Du Plessis used the Da Vinci Xi Robotic system to remove a healthy kidney from a 45-year-old mother for her 24-year-old daughter. This is a major advancement in patient care and surgical innovation. He confirmed that the minimally invasive surgery reduced recovery time, with the donor discharged the next day:
South Africa’s first robotic donor kidney surgery performed at Tygerberg Hospital [SOUND]
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