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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Dec;124(6):1965–1973. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181bcf156

Table 5.

Excess Lifetime Costs of Amputation over Salvage Following IIIB and IIIC Fractures.

Real discount rate (Rf - i)
Years Remaining 0% 1% 2% 3% 4%
60 $ 484,663 $ 362,646 $ 279,575 $ 221,609 $ 180,147
50 $ 401,299 $ 314,214 $ 251,262 $ 204,957 $ 170,295
40 $ 317,936 $ 260,715 $ 216,749 $ 182,578 $ 155,711
30 $ 234,572 $ 201,619 $ 174,678 $ 152,502 $ 134,123
20 $ 151,209 $ 136,340 $ 123,394 $ 112,083 $ 102,169
10 $ 67,846 $ 64,231 $ 60,878 $ 57,764 $ 54,868

Because amputation is associated with higher short-term costs, it remains more expensive across all sensitivities. As expected, the long-term expenses have more impact for younger patients, making amputation even more relatively expensive for this group.

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