This book provides over 200 indications from all areas of general, visceral, vascular, and thoracic surgery, demonstrating through detailed examples how a comprehensive and accurate surgical report should be structured. The physician in surgical training receives a practical guide for writing these reports. Introductory chapters on report structure and legal foundations provide the necessary background knowledge. The realistic descriptions also facilitate the training assistant's preparation for the individual steps of a planned operation. The second edition has been supplemented with additional reports, and a section with 50 thoracic surgical procedures has been newly added.