title: [Clinical analysis of the primary nasal septum mass in 253 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the methods of the surgical treatment for the nasal septum mass.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred and fifty-three cases of nasal septum mass were treated by surgery in our department from March 1983 to August 2007. Their clinical data were retrospectively analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After follow-up, most cases had no postoperative recurrence of nasal obstruction and epistaxis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  If the diagnosis was confirmed, the effect of the surgical treatment for the nasal septum benign tumor is satisfactory. Follow-up should be done in cases with malignant tendency and malignant tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
authors.forename: Qinying
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shenqing
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shuihong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yuyu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000473:pathology*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult