TABLE 2.
Assessments of reading fluency in 2 patients with epilepsy who underwent awake resective craniotomy with intraoperative task-based ECoG mapping
| Preop |
Postop |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw Score | AE | GE | Raw Score | AE | GE | |
| Case 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Word attack |
>27 |
>30 |
>12.9 |
>27 |
>30 |
>12.9 |
| Sentence reading fluency |
64 |
8–13 |
8.2 |
60 |
6–12 |
7.1 |
| Passage comprehension |
35 |
6–10 |
5.1 |
38 |
5–12 |
7.0 |
| Spelling |
44 |
8–16 |
11.2 |
44 |
8–16 |
11.2 |
| Case 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Word attack |
ND |
ND |
ND |
>27 |
>30 |
>12.9 |
| Sentence reading fluency |
ND |
ND |
ND |
88 |
>30 |
>12.9 |
| Passage comprehension |
ND |
ND |
ND |
49 |
>30 |
>12.9 |
| Spelling | ND | ND | ND | 53 | >30 | >12.9 |
AE = age equivalent; GE = grade equivalent; ND = not done.
Assessments of literacy were performed using the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities IV. The patient in case 1 was tested 6 weeks postoperatively, and the patient in case 2 was tested 4 months postoperatively.