Results of Surgical Treatment of Schwannomas Arising from Extremities

Table 1

Location of schwannomas arising from major peripheral nerves and sizes of resected tumours.

Number	Location	Number of patients	Number of tumours	Size of tumours
1	Ulnar nerve	9	11	From 1.0 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm to 18.0 × 1.5 × 1.0 cm
2	Median nerve	5	5
3	Radial nerve	3	3
4	Medial cutaneous nerve of the arm	2	2
5	Superficial radial nerve	1	3
6	Deep radial nerve	1	1
7	Digital nerves	1	6
8	Superficial peroneal nerve	2	2
9	Common peroneal nerve	1	1
10	Sciatic nerve^*	1	1
11	Small nerve branches	9	9	From diameter of 0.5 cm to 6.0 × 3.0 × 1.0 cm

See Figure 2.