Assessment of communication impairment and the effects of resective surgery in solitary, right-sided supratentorial intracranial tumours: a prospective study

• Published in: British journal of neurosurgery Vol. 12; no. 5; pp. 423 - 429
• Main Authors: THOMSON, A-M., TAYLOR, R., WHITTLE, I. R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Informa UK Ltd 01.10.1998; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Brain; Brain damage; Brain Tumour Dysphasia Language Surgery; Cognition & reasoning; Dyslexia, Acquired - etiology; Female; Humans; Language; Language Disorders - etiology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neurology; Postoperative Care; Preoperative Care; Speech Disorders - etiology; Supratentorial Neoplasms - complications; Supratentorial Neoplasms - physiopathology; Supratentorial Neoplasms - surgery; Surgery; Tumors; Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses; Human; Postoperative; Intracranial; Western Aphasia Battery; Nervous system diseases; Boston Naming Test Kaplan et al; Neuropsychological test; Right; Exploration; Psychometrics; Language disorder; Cerebral disorder; Communication disorder; Central nervous system disease; Tumor; Neurological disorder

To assess the effects of solitary, right-sided supratentorial intracranial tumours on language and communication function patients were assessed preoperatively using the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) and Boston Naming Test (BNT). The impact of resective tumour surgery was evaluated prospectively by...