title: Brazilian experience in obesity surgery robot-assisted.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Minimally invasive techniques were associated with bariatric surgery, leading to a decrease in aggression to the organs and systems. Robotic surgery is a new possibility within the concept of minimal invasion.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the initial experience of robotic surgery for obesity.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty seven patients were operated in the same hospital, by the same team with the same surgical system, Da Vinci S.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Were performed six gastric band placement , five sleeve gastrectomies and 16 gastric bypasses. There was one major complication and no death in this series.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The robotic surgery for obesity surgery was safe during the initial experience.
authors.affiliation: Syrian–Lebanese Hospital, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. ricardo.abdalla@hsl.org.br
authors.forename: Ricardo Zugaib
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Abdalla
authors.forename: Rodrigo Biscuola
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Claudio Renato Penteado de
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Luca
authors.forename: Rafael Izar Domingues da
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Claudia de Oliveira
authors.initials: Cde O
authors.lastname: Cozer
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000601:surgery*; D012371:Robotics