Organization and functioning of the front-line surgical station at Rama in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The war in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina has imposed specific tasks upon civil surgical work and forced it to adapt to war conditions. To this end, mobile surgical teams were formed, functioning within the front-line surgical stations. The organization and the results of work of such a front-line surgical station at Rama in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina are described. In the course of more than 5 months (April 9-September 23, 1992), 179 wounded persons were retained for further treatment in the stationary unit of the station, while 10.6% were transported to the nearest hospital. The mortality of the wounded was 1.7%; it would have been significantly lower had there been the possibility of air transport for the wounded.