Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Procedures for Children with Congenital Membranous Cataract

Table 1

Different surgical methods for congenital membrane cataract.

Membrane features	Surgical procedures
(1) Solid and compact	Capsulotomy and excision of the membranous capsule and anterior vitrectomy were performed with vitreoretinal scissors.
(2) Thin, fibrous, and sticky	Both eyes were operated on using a routine pars plana lensectomy.
(3) Fibrotic and brittle	Using cystitome to capsulorhexis, the residual cortical matter was removed by I/A, and anterior vitrectomy was performed.
(4) Thin and compact	Scissors were used for capsulorhexis. The residual cortical matter was removed by I/A, and we performed an anterior vitrectomy.