About, method and sources
Who writes this site, how it is built, and where to check every figure.
Who writes this site
Septal Perforation is an independent information site created in 2026 by patients living with a nasal septal perforation, often after surgery. None of us is a doctor. We have no financial link with any surgeon, clinic, pharmaceutical company or device manufacturer, and the site carries no advertising.
Method
Every medical statement on the site rests on an identifiable source: the 2026 international consensus on septal perforation (25 experts, 15 countries), the 2022 and 2025 meta-analyses, the 2024 German survey on real rates, and the series published by expert centres. Figures are given with their sample size and follow-up. The directory only lists practitioners whose activity is documented by a publication, a named technique or participation in the consensus; “to confirm” entries rest on consistent patient reports. No practitioner pays to be listed and we correct any entry on evidence.
The site complements your relationship with your doctor; it does not replace it and gives no personal advice.
What we read and what we correct is logged month by month on the research watch page. The words used on this site are defined in the glossary.
Legal notice
Publisher and editor: Tanguy Rocher, private individual, contact: tang.rocher@gmail.com. Non-commercial, volunteer-run site published under French law (Act 2004-575 of 21 June 2004); the publisher's postal address is held by the host and not published.
Host: Netlify, Inc., 512 2nd Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, +1 844-899-7312, netlify.com.
Nature of the content: general information for patients, written by non-physicians from the published scientific literature. It is not medical advice, a consultation, or an inducement to use any practitioner or device. Always consult a healthcare professional about your own case. No practitioner asked or paid to appear in the directory, which is built from indexed publications.
Intellectual property: texts and diagrams belong to the publisher. Non-commercial reproduction is allowed with attribution and a link to the original page. Cited scientific articles remain the property of their authors and publishers.
Report an error or request removal: write to tang.rocher@gmail.com. Requests to correct a directory entry are handled on evidence within one month.
Privacy
Data controller: the publisher identified above.
Cookies and analytics: the site sets no tracking cookies and uses no advertising or third-party social tools. Fonts, scripts and map data are all served by our host: no third-party server is contacted during your visit. The host keeps connection logs (IP address, pages viewed) for a limited time for security.
AI assistant: the “Ask your question” search runs in your browser. If you click “Ask the AI assistant”, your question and the matching passages from the site are sent to Cloudflare's AI service (Workers AI) and, as a fallback, to Google's Gemini API to write an answer. The site keeps neither the question nor the answer; processing by Google follows its own API terms. Do not enter any personal information. Answers are generated by an AI and may contain errors.
WhatsApp groups: hosted by WhatsApp (Meta Platforms Ireland), whose privacy policy applies; every member can see the others' phone numbers. You join freely and may leave at any time.
Your rights: access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and withdrawal of consent at any time, by writing to tang.rocher@gmail.com. Reply within one month. You may lodge a complaint with your data protection authority (CNIL in France, ICO in the UK).
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