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Subjects included those diagnosed with isolated orbital fracture using clinical evaluation and CT examination. We performed direct evaluation of ocular findings for all patients. Variables studied included age, gender, site of ocular fracture, cause of trauma, side of fracture, and ocular findings. Results: In total, 74 patients with orbital fractures were included in this study (n = 74). Of the 74 patients, 69 (93.2%) were males and only 5 patients (6.8%) were females. The age range was 8-70 years, with a median age of 27 years. The 27.5\u201332.6-year age group was the most affected (95.0%). The left orbital bone was involved in the majority of bone fractures 48 (64.9%). The orbital floor (n = 52, 41.9%) and lateral wall (n = 31, 25.0%) were the most prevalent sites of bone fracture among the study patients. Road traffic accidents (RTAs) were the most common causes (64.9%) of orbital fractures, followed by assaults (16.2%) and then sports injuries and falls (9.5% and 8.1%, respectively). Animal attacks were the least cause of trauma (only 1 patient, 1.4%). The occurrence of ocular findings, either alone or in combination, showed that subconjunctival hemorrhage had the highest percentage (52.0%), followed by edema (17.6%) and ecchymosis (13.6%). A statistically significant correlation was reported between the site of bone fracture and orbital findings, with r = 0.251 * and p &lt; 0.05. Conclusions: Subconjunctival bleeding, edema, and ecchymosis were the most frequent ocular abnormalities, in that order. There were a few instances of diplopia, exophthalmos, and paresthesia. Other ocular discoveries were incredibly uncommon. 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