Table 3.

Lifetime Costs of Limb Salvage Following IIIB and IIIC Fractures.

	Real discount rate (Rf - i)
Years Remaining	0%	1%	2%	3%	4%
60	$ 196,039	$ 166,894	$ 147,036	$ 133,131	$ 123,122
50	$ 176,910	$ 155,878	$ 140,652	$ 129,409	$ 120,939
40	$ 157,780	$ 143,709	$ 132,870	$ 124,407	$ 117,707
30	$ 138,651	$ 130,267	$ 123,384	$ 117,684	$ 112,923
20	$ 119,522	$ 115,418	$ 111,820	$ 108,649	$ 105,842
10	$ 100,393	$ 99,017	$ 97,724	$ 96,507	$ 95,360

Both higher discount rates and lower life expectancy reduce lifetime cost of reconstruction.