Abstract
A case of a median nerve tumour (schwannoma) located in the distal part of the forearm, which was enucleated from the nerve under local anaesthesia (WALANT), without the use of a tour-niquet on the arm to obtain a bloodless surgical field, is presented. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first described case of nerve tumour surgery under this anaesthesia. It shows that operation of nerve tumours can be performed under WALANT, without deteriorating of patients’ safety and surgeons comfort. The authors believe that presentation of this case can be interesting for hand surgeons and will encourage them to extend the scope of operations performed under WALANT.