title: Challenges of war surgery in Mallavi, Sri Lanka.
abstract: Northern Sri Lanka has been separated by an active front line from the remainder of the country and has lacked basic facilities, including hospital care, because of the war between the government and the Tamil Tigers. This article reports on the resulting situation in one district hospital in the region and on the work of Médecins sans Frontières in providing specialist hospital care under such difficulties.
authors.affiliation: Médecins sans Frontières, Holland.
authors.forename: Mhairi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Collie
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D013188:Sri Lanka; D014857:Warfare; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery*