Table 2.
Langauge measures pre-surgery, 2-3 days post-surgery, and 1 month post-surgery
| Pre-surgery | 2-3 days post-surgery | 1 month post-surgery | ||||
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| Mean ± SD | Abnormal | Mean ± SD | Abnormal | Mean ± SD | Abnormal | |
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| Fluency | 9.5 ± 1.2 | 27/88 (31%) | 7.0 ± 3.1 | 94/110 (86%) | 9.3 ± 0.9 | 29/56 (52%) |
| Information content | 9.9 ± 0.3 | 8/88 (9%) | 7.6 ± 3.2 | 66/110 (60%) | 9.8 ± 0.6 | 6/56 (11%) |
| Comprehension | 197.2 ± 5.1 | 7/86 (8%) | 160.2 ± 54.8 | 68/110 (62%) | 194.1 ± 12.1 | 10/51 (20%) |
| Repetition | 94.9 ± 8.0 | 19/89 (21%) | 69.2 ± 34.4 | 68/110 (62%) | 93.2 ± 8.3 | 13/54 (24%) |
| Naming (BNT) | 13.1 ± 2.4 | 25/85 (29%) | 9.2 ± 5.7 | 63/106 (59%) | 12.5 ± 3.1 | 22/55 (40%) |
| Aphasia quotiant | 96.6 ± 5.2 | 15/84 (18%) | 72.5 ± 30.0 | 78/110 (71%) | 94.9 ± 6.4 | 13/51 (25%) |
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| WAB classification | ||||||
| Within normal limits | 69 (82%) | 32 (29%) | 38 (75%) | |||
| Global | – | 10 (9%) | – | |||
| Broca’s | – | 9 (8%) | – | |||
| Transcortical Motor | – | 1 (1%) | – | |||
| Wernicke’s | – | 7 (6%) | – | |||
| Transcortical Sensory | – | – | 1 (2%) | |||
| Conduction | – | 11 (10%) | – | |||
| Anomic | 8 (10%) | 34 (31%) | 8 (16%) | |||
| Unclassifiable | 7 (8%) | 6 (5%) | 4 (8%) | |||
All instances of unclassifiable patients were due to WAB naming subscores being too high for the variant with which the patient would otherwise have been classified. If WAB naming subscores were ignored, pre-surgery there would be an additional 4 cases classified Anomic, 1 Broca’s, 1 Transcortical Motor, and 1 Condition. At 2-3 days post-surgery, there would be an additional 3 Anomic, 2 Broca–s and 1 Conduction. At 1 month post-surgery, there would be an additional 3 Anomic and 1 Conduction.