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Advances in the utilization of endoscopic techniques have led to an evolution in management that reduces the need for open procedures, which have increased morbidity compared with endoscopic approaches. We employ a minimally disruptive protocol that treats the majority of fractures nonoperatively with serial clinical and radiographic examinations to assess for sinus aeration. 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