Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Safety in Congenital Cataract Eyes with Three Pathological Types of Posterior Capsule Abnormalities

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Number of eyes (<i>n</i> = 98)</td><td class="align_center">Percentage</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="3">Type</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">I</td><td class="align_center">47</td><td class="align_center">48.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">II</td><td class="align_center">33</td><td class="align_center">33.7</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">III</td><td class="align_center">18</td><td class="align_center">18.4</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>Type I: a large defect with sinking cortex in the anterior vitreous; type II: a cluster of fine defects in the posterior capsule; type III: a defect with a concurrent persistent fetal vasculature. PCD, posterior capsule defect.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

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Table 3: Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Safety in Congenital Cataract Eyes with Three Pathological Types of Posterior Capsule Abnormalities 