Cloudy lenses and issues: a pedigree of unoperated congenital cataracts.

1. Although there are many strong recommendations regarding congenital cataracts in the literature, little has been written about the initial decision of whether to operate. 2. Because this condition does not often occur and a large number of patients is necessary to determine the predictive value, a large, collaborative study is required to make significant headway in this area. 3. If we can identify the factors that have strong predictive value for good vision after cataract surgery, we may start to define the profile of children who will have good vision, with or without surgery.