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These represent a major emergency, having a potentially severe clinical picture, with intracranial hemorrhage, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, meningeal lesions, pneumocephalus, contusion or laceration of the brain matter, coma, and in some cases death. In this article, we present the case of a 30-year-old patient with the diagnosis of NOE fracture associated with bilateral anterior and posterior frontal sinus wall fractures caused by a horse kick, with a fulminant post-traumatic alteration of the neurological status and major impairment of the midface bone architecture. Despite the severity and complexity of the case, early initiation of correct treatment both in terms of intensive care and cranio-maxillofacial surgery led to the successful rehabilitation of the neurological status, as well as to the reconstruction and redimensioning of midface architecture and, not least, to the restoration of the patient\u2019s physiognomy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina55110731","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,12]],"date-time":"2019-11-12T04:07:07Z","timestamp":1573531627000},"page":"731","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["A Naso-Orbito-Ethmoid (NOE) Fracture Associated with Bilateral Anterior and Posterior Frontal Sinus Wall Fractures Caused by a Horse Kick\u2014Case Report and Short Literature Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"55","author":[{"given":"Florin","family":"Oni\u0219or-Gligor","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, \u201cIuliu Hatieganu\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Strada Victor Babe\u0219 8, 40000 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paul Andrei","family":"\u021aen\u021b","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Oradea, 10, Pia\u021ba 1 Decembrie Street, 410073 Oradea, Bihor, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Simion","family":"Bran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, \u201cIuliu Hatieganu\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Strada Victor Babe\u0219 8, 40000 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mihai","family":"Juncar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Oradea, 10, Pia\u021ba 1 Decembrie Street, 410073 Oradea, Bihor, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"248","DOI":"10.1007\/s12070-017-1118-1","article-title":"Transnasal Stabilization in Naso-orbito-ethmoid Fractures: The Easy Way!","volume":"69","author":"Arora","year":"2017","journal-title":"Indian J. 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