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Reconstructive surgery has benefits to the patient personally, financially, and psychologically. A key metric is the ability to live without cash assistance from family and communities. When measured against this, reconstructive surgery is a fraction of the cost of many other humanitarian interventions and the impact of treatment is the number of years of disability that can be averted with surgery. 

The cost of reconstructive surgery must be measured against the long-term benefits it offers over the lifetime of a patient. If we look at a hip wound that requires total hip replacement, as it is one of the more involved reconstructive surgeries. If someone, wounded at the age of 20, has a hip reconstruction at a cost of $3,500 USD, and they can function for 20 years on the same replacement, the cost is $175 USD per year.