Septal perforation surgeons in Germany
Six entries, from Ulm to Hamburg, including the Ulm university team, which has published the longest series of bridge flaps. German public hospitals are accessible through the EU S2 route.
Written by the Septal Perforation team, patients, from the sources cited · Reviewed by doctors · Updated 1 November 2026 · Method and sources
Having surgery in Germany
Funding
Germany is in the European Union: the S2 route covers treatment in a German public hospital on local terms. University clinics such as Ulm qualify; check the status of other hospitals before applying. UK residents can apply through the NHS S2 route.
Language and contact
Consultations in German, often possible in English. Send your file (endoscopy, CT scan, dimensions) to the department’s secretariat.
The German school
Germany is the home of the Schultz-Coulon bridge flap, used for large perforations. The Ulm team has published the series with the longest follow-up: 72% durable closure at 67 months.
The six directory entries
Entries taken from the directory, built from indexed publications; no practitioner pays to be listed. “Confirmed” means the perforation work is corroborated by publications or by consistent patient reports.
Prof. J. Lindemann, Prof. T. K. Hoffmann (head of department), Dr M.-O. Scheithauer, Dr F. Sommer
ConfirmedUniversitätsklinikum Ulm
High volume · Open or closed · Large · Team
Bridge flap; reference school on realistic long-term rates.
Published results: 72% durable at ~5.5 years (200 patients)
Technique page: Bridge flap ›Dr Armin Neumann
ConfirmedLukaskrankenhaus, Neuss
Publishes · Large
Three-layer Schultz-Coulon bridge flap: Neumann, Morales-Minovi and Schultz-Coulon, Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp 2011, 92 patients. Harvests from the inferior meatus.
Published results: 93.8% at 18 months (60 of 64 patients reviewed)
Technique page: Bridge flap ›Dr Thoralf Stange
ConfirmedHNO-Zentrum Neuss · Schön Klinik Düsseldorf · Helios Krefeld
Dedicated practice · Large
Extended endonasal bridge flap, a practice dedicated to perforations since 2001; technical publications with Schultz-Coulon (2009) and the German closure survey (2010). His stated figures (1,200 cases, 90%) are self-reported and unpublished.
Technique page: Bridge flap ›Prof. Frank Haubner
ConfirmedLMU Klinikum · HNO im Tal · Munich
Publishes
Sandwich grafts for perforation closure: Bertlich et al., Facial Plast Surg 2022, senior author.
Dr Johannes Bier
ConfirmedUniversitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Publishes
The “fascia taco” technique: Bier, Klingner, Stadlhofer, Betz and Böttcher, Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol 2024.
Published results: 82.1% single-stage success
Prof. Klaus Bumm
To confirmSaarbrücken
Dedicated practice
Reconstructive nasal surgery and septal perforation closure. No published series found to date.
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