Septal perforation surgeons in Spain
Three surgeons, in Barcelona and Madrid, in two public university hospitals where endoscopic flaps are performed, including for large perforations. For EU residents, it is the simplest destination under the 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 Spain
Funding
Spain is in the European Union. EU residents can request the S2 form from their insurer before travelling; treatment in a Spanish public hospital is then covered on local terms. UK residents can apply through the NHS S2 route, under strict criteria.
Language and contact
Consultations in Spanish, often in English. Write to the ENT department with your endoscopy report, CT scan and the dimensions of the perforation.
S2 approval
It is not automatic: your insurer checks that the treatment cannot be provided at home within a medically acceptable time. Include a letter from your ENT and the hospital’s written proposal.
The three 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. Isam Alobid
ConfirmedHospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona
High volume · Endoscopic · Large and total
Extended AEA flap, pericranial flap, palatal flap. No. 1 on Expertscape; lead author of the 2026 international consensus.
Published results: 91.2% (pericranial, total perforations)
Technique page: Anterior ethmoidal artery flap ›Dr Alfonso Santamaría-Gadea
ConfirmedHospital Ramón y Cajal · Madrid
Publishes · Endoscopic · > 2 cm
Extended AEA flap (Laryngoscope 2022), nasal floor and inferior meatus flap (Rhinology 2018), 2026 repair algorithm. One surgeon, who moved from Barcelona to Madrid.
Technique page: Anterior ethmoidal artery flap ›Dr Franklin Mariño-Sánchez
ConfirmedHospital Ramón y Cajal · Madrid
Publishes · Endoscopic
Greater palatine artery pedicled flap (Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med 2020).
Technique page: Floor and turbinate flaps ›Other countries