Table 3.

Comparison of postoperative outcomes before and after magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy in 50% of the cases.

	No. (%)
Variable	Before 50% cases (n = 16)	After 50% cases (n = 16)	P	Strength of association
Memory function
Worse	3 (18.8)	6 (37.5)	0.16	Kendall’s tau-c = −0.23, P = 0.15
No change	12 (75.0)	10 (62.5)
Better	1 (6.3)	0
Seizure freedom	13 (81.3)	12 (75.0)	1.00	Phi = 0.09, P = 0.67
Seizure frequency reduction, median (IQR)	100.0 (0.0)	100.0 (18.8)	0.80	/
ILAE outcome scale
1	12 (75.0)	12 (75.0)	1.00	Kendall’s tau-c = 0.00, P = 1.00
2	2 (12.5)	1 (6.3)
3	0	1 (6.3)
4	1 (6.3)	2 (12.5)
5	1 (6.3)	0
6	0	0

ILAE, International League Against Epilepsy; IQR, interquartile range.