Why does your body not attack metal plates and screws after surgeries?

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Why does your body not attack metal plates and screws after surgeries?

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We carefully chose the metals used, it’s usually titanium because it’s basically invisible to your immune system. Even then cases of it being rejected happen. So most things surgically installed in your body are at least coated with a biocompatible material.

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