Table 3.

Preoperative and postoperative evalution and within-group comprasion of neuropsychological tests

NPT	Preoperative		Postoperative
	Group 1	Group 2	Group 1	Group 2
MMSE	27.2 ± 1.4	27.5 ± 1.3	26.8 ± 1.2†	24.1 ± 1.4**††
RAVLT 1	7 ± 1.16	6.65 ± 1.34	7.05 ± 1.27	5.2 ± 1.19**††
RAVLT 2	12.5 ± 1.08	11.95 ± 0.88	12.55 ± 1.14	10.65 ± 0.98**††
RAVLT 3	9.4 ± 1.23	9.15 ± 0.81	9.85 ± 1.38†	8.4 ± 1.04**†
DSFT	5.73 ± 0.73	5.45 ± 0.68	5.42 ± 0.6	5.2 ± 0.41†
DSBT	4.15 ± 0.58	3.75 ± 0.55	4 ± 0.56	3.5 ± 0.6*†
TM-A	48.45 ± 5.3	48.25 ± 5.88	50.05 ± 6.06†	56.7 ± 6.4*††
TM-B	103.5 ± 9.5	100.35 ± 8.76	109.6 ± 8.4††	116 ± 9.29*††
CDT	3.7 ± 0.47	3.65 ± 0.48	3.75 ± 044	3.45 ± 0.51
BAI	10.3 ± 4.57	10.9 ± 4.5	9.35 ± 3.8†	9.75 ± 4.42††
BDI	10.8 ± 5.36	13 ± 4.77	10.55 ± 5.08	12.4 ± 4.46

Significant at *p <0.05 **p <0.001 (preoperative and postoperative evalution of neuropsychological tests). Significant at ^†p <0.05 ^††<0.001 (Within-group comprasion of preoperative and postoperative). NPT: Neuropsychological tests