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The donor nephrectomy surgery was performed by urologist Dr Danelo du Plessis (pictured), a joint staff member for Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University, using the da Vinci Xi Robotic platform.
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Revolutionary robotic surgery: Tygerberg Hospital's first living donor kidney procedure

Tygerberg Hospital has successfully performed South Africa’s first living donor kidney removal using robotic surgery technology.

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