Table 4.
Results of the pre- and postoperative neurocognitive testing between each group
| Test | Pre operative | Post operative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre low risk | Pre moderate to high risk | P ANOVA value | Post low risk | Post moderate to high risk | P ANOVA value | |
| DemTect (points) | 16 (12–18) | 17 (13–18) | 0.561 | 14 (10–18) | 18 (11–18) | 0.013* |
| RBMT (points) | 35 (13–52) | 38 (19–56) | 0.292 | 32 (18–66) | 42 (16–58) | 0.157 |
| ZVT (min) | 1.7 (1.2–2.8) | 1.7 (1.0–2.3) | 0.780 | 1.5 (1.0–2.1) | 1.6 (1.0–2.3) | 0.864 |
| TMT (min) | 1.4 (0.9–3.0) | 1.5 (0.9–2.7) | 0.958 | 1.3 (0.7–2.1) | 1.3 (1.0–3.3) | 0.534 |
| Digit Span Forwards (points) | 8 (5–11) | 8 (5–12) | 0.804 | 8 (4–12) | 8 (6–12) | 0.804 |
| Digit Span Backwards (points) | 6 (3–10) | 6 (3–12) | 0.760 | 7 (5–10) | 6 (3–12) | 0.557 |
| Digit Span Total (points) | 14 (8–21) | 14 (10–24) | 0.669 | 15 (10–21) | 15 (9–24) | 0.827 |
| FWIT (sec) | 26.1 (19.1–66.1) | 30.2 (16.5–50.2) | 0.211 | 25.7 (19.4–47.1) | 30.1 (15.4–45.0) | 0.219 |
| SKT Attention (points) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–2) | 0.760 | 2 (0–5) | 1 (0–4) | 0.207 |
| SKT Memory (points) | 1 (0–3) | 1 (0–6) | 0.229 | 1 (0–5) | 1 (0–4) | 0.778 |
| SKT Total (points) | 1 (0–4) | 1 (0–6) | 0.494 | 3 (1–7) | 3 (0–6) | 0.653 |
Data are reported as median (range). The p ANOVA value is the significance level of the difference between pre- and postoperative values within a group; *: significant differences with p < 0.05