Table 2.

Pre- and post-operative neuropsychological scores in patients with Lt and Rt TLE

	Lt TLE (n = 41)			Rt TLE (n = 43)
	Pre-operative*	Post-operative*	P value	Pre-operative*	Post-operative*	P value
WAIS-R
Verbal IQ	77.32 ± 15.03	79.37 ± 14.67	n.s.	81.36 ± 15.75	82.72 ± 16.91	n.s.
Performance IQ	81.54 ± 15.26	90.18 ± 18.66	<0.01	85.22 ± 18.12	92.03 ± 20.67	<0.01
Full scale IQ	76.02 ± 15.68	81.88 ± 16.45	<0.01	83.05 ± 17.41	88.16 ± 20.18	<0.01
WMS-R
Verbal memory	72.1 ± 15.67	75.46 ± 14.32	n.s.	81.77 ± 18.32	86.77 ± 20.6	<0.01
Visual memory	94.22 ± 20.91	100.29 ± 17.98	<0.05	94.02 ± 18.57	100.09 ± 15.59	<0.01
General memory	74.44 ± 17.49	79.22 ± 15.28	<0.05	83.12 ± 19.61	88.6 ± 20.25	<0.01

^*Values are means ± standard deviation. n.s.: not significant, WAIS-R: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised.