Nigeria’s First Tele-Robotic Surgery Successfully Performed at Redeemer’s Health Village

September 29, 2026 | UToledo in the News
By Staff



Dr. Obi Ekwenna, a UToledo Health transplant and urologic surgeon, performed West Africa’s first tele-robotic surgery to remove a cancerous kidney tumor from a patient located more than 300 miles away.

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