Robotic-assisted bariatric surgery: case series analysis and comparison with the laparoscopic approach.

Objective: to report a series of cases of robotic bariatric surgery in the treatment of obesity in Brazil.

Methods: we evaluated patients undergoing robotic bariatric surgery at the Garrido Institute and compared them with a group submitted to conventional laparoscopic surgery.

Results: we analyzed 45 patients, with a mean age of 39.