Table 1 -.

Comparison of the echographic appearance of the crystalline lenses and the leakage of liquefied cortex during the continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis stage in white cataracts; the appearance may suggest high intracapsular pressure

Echographic appearance	No leakage N (%)	Leakage N (%)	P value
Type 1* (n=6)	4 (66.7%) 1 (1-CCC) 3 (2-CCC)	2 (33.3%) 1 (1-CCC) 1 (2-CCC)	0.268
Type 2** (n=15)	6 (40%) 3 (1-CCC) 3 (2-CCC)	9 (60%) 6 (1-CCC) 3 (2-CCC)	0.087
Type 3*** (n=3)	3 (100%) 2 (1-CCC) 1 (2-CCC)	0 (0%) 0 (1-CCC) 0 (2-CCC)	0.243

^*Type I included intumescent white cataracts with cortex liquefaction and extensive internal acoustic reflections.

^**Type II included white cataracts with voluminous nuclei, limited amounts of whitish solid cortex, and few internal acoustic reflections.

^***Type III included white cataracts with a fibrous anterior capsule and few internal echospikes.