Simultaneous Intranasal Procedures to Improve Chronic Obstructive Nasal Breathing in Patients Undergoing Maxillary (Le Fort I) Osteotomy

The findings of this study indicate that simultaneous management of the maxillary jaw deformity (Le Fort I osteotomy) and intranasal pathology (septoplasty and reduction of inferior turbinates) were effective for the symptomatic relief of nasal airway obstruction. The complication rate for the intranasal procedures completed simultaneously with a Le Fort I osteotomy was minimal and not dissimilar to the rates reported for each procedure performed as an isolated event.