Method: This prospective study comprised 195 cases whose mean age was 7.6 years (range 3 months to 15 years), divided in two groups: 108 cases over 4 years old (group 1) and 87 cases less than 4 years old (group 2), with three forms of cataracts: 126 cases congenital cataracts, 54 cases traumatic cataracts, 15 cases pathologic cataracts.