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Table 1 Weights assigned by the eleven surgeons (S1-S11) to the terms of the objective function of correction

From: Preoperative assessment and evaluation of instrumentation strategies for the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: computer simulation and optimization

  

S1

S2

S3

S4

S5

S6

S7

S8

S9

S10

S11

Global weights (%)

Symbol

 

Correction in the Coronal plane

W1

30

50

30

45

30

20

60

30

25

50

30

Correction in the Sagittal plane

W2

30

20

30

45

30

50

30

30

10

20

10

Correction in the Transverse plane

W3

20

10

20

10

20

20

10

20

25

20

40

Mobility (Nb of unfused/saved vertebrae)

W4

20

20

20

0

20

10

0

20

40

10

20

Specific weights assigned to the Coronal Plane (%)

  

Proximal thoracic Cobb (PT)

a1

10

15

5

5

5

20

30

5

5

5

25

Main Thoracic Cobb (MT)

a2

50

40

35

30

45

20

30

60

45

45

25

Thoraco-lumbar/Lumbar Cobb (TL/L)

a3

0

15

35

35

20

20

30

5

25

5

25

Apical Vertebra Translation

a4

40

30

25

30

30

40

10

30

25

45

25

Specific weights assigned to the Sagittal plane (%)

  

Thoracic Kyphosis

b1

60

50

50

50

50

80

50

40

50

100

30

Lumbar Lordosis

b2

40

50

50

50

50

20

50

60

50

0

70

Specific weights assigned to the transverse plane (%)

  

Apical Vertebral Rotation (PT)

c1

10

10

5

5

5

20

17

0

10

5

10

Apical Vertebral Rotation (MT)

c2

30

30

25

25

40

40

17

30

30

40

35

Apical Vertebral Rotation (TL/L)

c3

5

10

25

25

40

10

16

10

10

5

15

Orientation – plane of max. curvature (PT)

c4

25

10

15

15

5

10

17

0

10

5

10

Orientation – plane of max. curvature (MT)

c5

25

30

15

15

5

10

17

30

30

40

15

Orientation – plane of max. curvature (TL/L)

c6

5

10

15

15

5

10

16

30

10

5

15