South Africa: First surgery to remove kidney from donor using robot

This is an important step forward, promising to make robot-assisted surgery the gold standard in kidney transplants worldwide.

According to a VNA reporter in Pretoria, South African medicine has just achieved a breakthrough: for the first time, successfully performed surgery to remove a kidney from a living donor using a robot.

The surgery, performed at Tygerberg Hospital, opens a new era for organ transplant surgery.

The crucial surgery was performed when the 45-year-old mother donated a kidney to her 24-year-old daughter.

Urologist Danelo Du Plessis used the Da Vinci Xi robotic system, a state-of-the-art surgical platform that allows surgeons to operate with unprecedented precision.

With 4 flexible robotic arms, controlled from a 3D control panel, Da Vinci Xi helped Dr. Du Plessis perform the surgery in just 90 minutes, far exceeding all expectations. This not only shows outstanding efficiency but also confirms the safety of the method.

One of the most notable advantages of robotic surgery is its minimally invasive nature, which results in significantly less pain and a faster recovery for the donor.

The proof is that the mother was able to leave the hospital the very next day, while the new kidney began to function effectively in her daughter's body.

This success is not only a source of pride for Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University, but also an important step forward, promising to make robot-assisted surgery the gold standard in kidney transplants worldwide./ .

(Vietnam News Agency/Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/nam-phi-lan-dau-tien-phau-thuat-lay-than-tu-nguoi-hien-tang-bang-robot-post1058884.vnp