The present disclosure relates to a method for providing surgical parameter data. The method comprises the computer-implemented steps of being responsive to patient specific information data for deriving patient data, where the patient specific information data is indicative of one or more dynamic characteristics, and determining a set of possible surgical parameter data according to the patient data and patient acquired data, the patient acquired data being indicative of one or more desired post-surgery activities, the patient acquired data comprising post-surgery activities preference data; and a further step of selecting the surgical parameter data from the set of possible surgical parameter data according to the post-surgery activities preference data.