TABLE 1.

DISTRIBUTION OF CATARACT TYPES IN EYES THAT HAD CONGENITAL CATARACT SURGERY

TYPE OF CATARACT*	NUMBER OF EYES	PERCENTAGE
Nuclear	72	28.2
Lamellar	30	11.8
Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous	28	11.0
Membranous	16	6.3
Cortical	15	5.9
Sutural	6	2.4
Anterior polar	6	2.4
Posterior lentiglobus/lenticonus	3	1.2
Posterior subcapsular	3	1.2
Posterior polar	2	0.8
Posterior cortical	1	0.4
Total	255

^*Cataract type was known in only 255 of the 368 eyes that had congenital cataract surgery.