Mike-
To answer your question on my septum removal surgeries:
1. Done as outpatient procedures at Mount Sinai Medical Center by Dr. Steven Gorfine
2. General anesthesia.
3. No abdominal cutting- they go in through the rectum so there is no scar externally
Both surgeries were successful, but the septum recurred 2 years after the first surgery. The second surgery, in 2000, seems to have permanently resolved the issue.