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Table 2 Comparison of the results of TMT, cancelling A's test and EEG. A’s test refers to the number of A's the patients has omitted to cancel in the test

	Preoperative	Long-term follow-up	P
TMT (s)
DSRS	55.3 ± 24.9	55.4 ± 27.9	NS
ES	60.1 ± 19.7	66.1 ± 40.1	NS
A's test
DSRS	4.9 ± 3.8	2.6 ± 2.5	< 0.05
ES	5.5 ± 4.3	3.7 ± 3.4	< 0.05
EEG (% abnormal)
DSRS	20%	36%	< 0.05
ES	16%	21%	NS

NS: Not significant.