Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery, the first volume in Springer's new Operative Dictations Made Simple Series, teaches residents the principles of succinct and precise operative dictations for 166 operations compromising the majority of procedures performed by general and vascular surgeons.  Designed to be a compact and portable resource, the volume features temapltes of operative dictations in both the printed text and as a Palm OS files for PDA's on a CD-ROm included with the text.
Th ebok and PDA software cover procedures of the alimentary tract, breast, lymph nodes and head and neck, as well as vascular surgery, including venous, arterial occlusive and arterial aneurysmal disease and endovascular procedures. This volume also features dictation templates for both minimally invasive and open approaches.   Indications, essential steps, technical variations and possible complications are succinctly reviewed for each procedure.