Table 5. Results of Pre- and Postsurgical Neuropsychological Performance for Right Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.
| Neuropsychological tests Right MTLE-HS | Groups | Level of significance | |||
| Pre-Op Mean (±S.D.) | Post-Op Mean (±S.D.) | Effect of Surgery | Effect of NCC | Surgery*NCC Interaction | |
| Digit Span | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 5.60 (1.69) | 5.45 (1.84) | |||
| HS-NCC | 5.84 (1.86) | 5.82 (2.25) | 0.46 | 0.35 | 0.63 |
| Inverted Digit Span | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 4.43(1.60) | 4.71 (1.73) | |||
| HS-NCC | 4.63(1.92) | 4.93(1.94) | 0.07* | 0.56 | 0.88 |
| Boston Naming Test | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 46.74 (09.53) | 48.18 (09.36) | |||
| HS-NCC | 45.42 (10.47) | 46.28 (09.77) | <0.001* | 0.14 | 0.29 |
| Word Fluency (FAS) | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 29.22 (8.29) | 31.32 (9.77) | |||
| HS-NCC | 32.36 (8.82) | 33.04 (11.25) | 0.92 | 0.18 | 0.23 |
| Logical Memory I | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 20.83 (7.99) | 21.72 (8.28) | |||
| HS-NCC | 19.79 (8.73) | 20.23 (8.63) | 0.37 | 0.10 | 0.66 |
| Logical Memory II | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 14.81 (7.83) | 17.08 (8.07) | |||
| HS-NCC | 14.30 (9.44) | 14.79 (9.39) | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.09 |
| Visual Reproduction I | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 31.25 (5.89) | 30.99 (7.17) | |||
| HS-NCC | 30.56 (6.23) | 30.45 (6.92) | 0.49 | 0.25 | 0.74 |
| Visual Reproduction II | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 21.45 (10.84) | 21.60 (11.15) | |||
| HS-NCC | 20.07 (10.72) | 19.67 (11.15) | 0.82 | 0.15 | 0.70 |
| RAVLT | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 50.88 (10.23) | 52.17 (10.69) | |||
| HS-NCC | 52.74 (11.63) | 52.10 (11.23) | 0.96 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| RAVLT Post Interference | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 10.50 (2.76) | 10.89 (2.93) | |||
| HS-NCC | 10.81 (3.20) | 10.44 (3.48) | 0.10 | 0.72 | 0.07 |
| RAVLT 30 Minutes | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 9.96 (3.04) | 10.97 (2.72) | |||
| HS-NCC | 10.47 (3.61) | 10.44 (3.45) | 0.21 | 0.87 | 0.02 |
| RAVLT rec | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 13.78 (1.70) | 14.01 (3.56) | |||
| HS-NCC | 13.79 (1.63) | 13.71 (2.06) | 0.70 | 0.67 | 0.62 |
| RVDLT | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 29.45 (12.22) | 32.00 (14.79) | |||
| HS-NCC | 29.93 (14.55) | 30.21 (14.62) | 0.49 | 0.62 | 0.18 |
| RVDLT Post Interference | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 7.59 (3.88) | 7.69 (3.63) | |||
| HS-NCC | 7.51 (3.81) | 7.05 (3.39) | 0.76 | 0.38 | 0.38 |
| RVDLT 30 minutes | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 7.08 (3.31) | 7.26 (3.69) | |||
| HS-NCC | 7.21 (3.83) | 6.79 (3.50) | 0.45 | 0.57 | 0.21 |
| RVDLT rec | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 12.29 (2.51) | 12.71 (2.21) | |||
| HS-NCC | 12.17 (2.09) | 12.57 (2.40) | 0.11 | 0.46 | 0.86 |
| Rey Complex Figure Copy | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 30.39 (6.14) | 29.72 (6.25) | |||
| HS-NCC | 29.18 (6.94) | 29.02 (7.50) | 0.57 | 0.46 | 0.40 |
| Rey Complex Figure 30 min | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 11.21 (6.29) | 11.70 (6.30) | |||
| HS-NCC | 10.43 (6.06) | 10.26 (6.06) | 0.64 | 0.09 | 0.48 |
| QI | |||||
| HS-ONLY | 84.54 10.19 | 86.29 10.58 | |||
| HS-NCC | 85.45 11.45 | 85.30 11.74 | 0.47 | 0.73 | 0.04 |
(*) significant.