Postoperative Neuropsychological Outcome in Patients with Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy in Argentina

Table 3

Analysis of raw data of RAVLT, RCFT, BNT, WCST, and FAS tests, at baseline, 6 months, and a year after anterior temporal lobectomy.

	MEAN	𝑁	𝑃
RALVT
Baseline	6.8	35	0.706
6 months	6.55	35
Baseline	6.57	14	0.692
Year	7.07	14
6 months	6.57	14	0.692
Year	7.07	14
RCFT
Baseline	14.6	35	0.796
6 months	14.86	35
Baseline	15.93	14	0.086
Year	19.07	14
6 months	17.5	14	0.03
Year	19.07	14
BNT
Baseline	39.51	35	0,631
6 months	38.8	35
Baseline	39.21	14	0.92
Year	39.43	14
6 months	40.36	14	0.753
Year	39.43	14
WCST
Baseline	4.57	35	0.268
6 months	4.97	35
Baseline	4.5	14	0.378
Year	5.07	14
6 months	4.29	14	0.035
Year	5.07	14
FAS
Baseline	23.03	35	0.098
6 months	18.97	35
Baseline	25.38	14	0.081
Year	29.77	14
6 months	20	14	0.026
Year	29.77	14

BNT: Boston Naming Test, WCST: Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, RAVLT: Rey auditory learning verbal test, FAS: verbal fluency, RFCT: Rey figure copy test.