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Should I wait to have my deviated septum fixed and turbinates reduced until after jaw surgery?

Would it be better to wait to have terbinet reduction surgery and the correction of a deviated septum until after jaw surgery (high leforte 1) or would it be OK to have it done before? (Maybe a month or two before jaw surgery)

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