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. 2019 Jan 29;11(1):e3982. doi: 10.7759/cureus.3982

Table 1. Pre- and post-operative test scores.

95% confidence intervals

1: Age adjusted scaled scores (range 1-20, mean = 10, SD = 3)

2: Scaled scores (range 1-10, mean = 6)

WAIS-IV: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale IV; BMIPB: BIRT Memory and Information Processing Battery; VOSP: Visual Object and Space Perception Battery; D-KEFS: Delis–Kaplan Executive Function System.

Instrument Subtest Pre-op score Description Post-op score Description
WAIS-IV Verbal Comprehension 100 50th (94-106) 107 68th %ile (CI 101-112)
  Similarities 1 9   10  
  Vocabulary 1 10   12  
  Information 1 11   12  
  Perceptual Reasoning 88 21st (82-95) 88 21st %ile (CI 82-95)
  Block Design1 8   8  
  Matrix Reasoning 1 8   8  
  Visual Puzzles1 8   8  
  Working Memory 95 37th (89-102) 97 42nd %ile (CI 90-104)
  Digit Span 1 9   10  
  Arithmetic 1 9   9  
  Processing Speed 79 8th (73-89) 94 34th %ile (CI 86-103)
  Symbol Search1 6   10  
  Coding1 6   8  
  Full Scale IQ (FSIQ) 89 23rd (85-93) 96 39th %ile (92-100)
Forced Choice Recognition Memory Tests Words 41/50 25th – 50th %ile 45/50 50th – 75th %ile
  Faces 39/50 @25th %ile 42/50 @50th %ile
BMIPB Story Recall        
  Immediate 16/60 25th 26/60 10th %ile
  Delayed 7/60 5-10th 22/60 10th %ile  
  List Learning 28/75 Below 2nd 32/75 5-10th %ile
Cambridge Cognition McKenna and Warrington Graded Naming Test 24/30 75-90th %ile 28/30 99th %ile
VOSP Incomplete Letters 19/20   19/30  
  Silhouettes 22/30   21/30  
Hayling and Brixton Hayling2 5 Moderate average 6 Average
  Brixton2 2 Abnormal 5 Moderate average
D-KEFS  Verbal fluency Letter fluency 30 Low average 48 Superior
  Category fluency 32 Average   41 High average
D-KEFS Colour-Word Interference Test   Colour Naming1   5 Borderline   8 Low average
  Colour Inhibition1 7 Low average 10 Average
  Colour Inhibition/Switching1 3 Extremely low 11 Average