Vladivostok surgeons remove nerve tumour, ending years of chronic arm pain

A patient in Vladivostok has been freed from years of chronic forearm pain after surgeons removed a deep-seated nerve tumour. The complex operation, lasting over two hours, fully preserved the nerve’s function while eliminating the growth. The man first sought help at Clinical Hospital No. 2 after enduring sharp pains and a hardened lump near an old scar. His symptoms began five years after an arm injury, with the discomfort worsening over time. Medical scans later confirmed the presence of a neuroma—a tumour growing from the nerve sheath—embedded deep within the forearm.

Neurosurgeon Vyacheslav Shcherbakov led the procedure, warning that even a minor error could have cost the patient sensation in his hand. The team carefully excised the tumour while keeping the nerve intact. By the following day, the patient’s pain had completely disappeared, and both movement and feeling in his hand remained fully intact. This success follows a similar case at the same hospital, where surgeons recently removed a large, painful tumour from a 52-year-old woman’s thigh.

The operation has resolved the patient’s long-term pain without any loss of hand function. Doctors confirmed that all motor and sensory abilities stayed normal after the procedure. The hospital’s neurosurgery team continues to handle complex nerve-related cases with high precision.