# Stuff your surgeon doesn't tell you

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-surgeon-doesnt-tell-you/588568>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 11, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-surgeon-doesnt-tell-you/588568 "2011-07-11T00:05:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![MercyStreet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@MercyStreet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MercyStreet)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-surgeon-doesnt-tell-you/588568/1 "2011-07-11T00:05:00Z")

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If you have a body part held together with a boatload of metal and you plunge that body part into ice water, the area gets very cold very fast and stays that way for quite some time. Crikey!

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**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-surgeon-doesnt-tell-you/588568/2 "2011-07-11T00:07:05Z")

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I guess it depends on what type of metal and how close the metal is to the, uh, surface… I’ve never had that feeling with my titanium-plated wrist. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-surgeon-doesnt-tell-you/588568/3 "2011-07-11T00:35:40Z")

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> [@lisacurl](#):
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> I guess it depends on what type of metal and how close the metal is to the, uh, surface… I’ve never had that feeling with my titanium-plated wrist. 🙂

Ditto with my titanium-infused femur bone in my leg.

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-surgeon-doesnt-tell-you/588568/4 "2011-07-11T00:37:58Z")

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Jumping into a frozen lake with brass balls isn’t a problem; in fact, they’re a necessity.

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**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-surgeon-doesnt-tell-you/588568/5 "2011-07-11T00:42:41Z")

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One of my friends is an autobody repair guy. He had heart surgery and has staples or something holding him together. A couple of weeks ago, he was holding a curved electric welder close to his chest. The magnitally charged tool slammed into his chest and knocked him over.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-surgeon-doesnt-tell-you/588568/6 "2011-07-11T13:22:18Z")

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“Turns out, the Doc had a whole bunch of bits of metal we didn’t know about in him and when they turned on the MRI, he went all ‘jiffy-pop’ on us.” --Sgt. Hatred.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-surgeon-doesnt-tell-you/588568/7 "2011-07-11T15:37:33Z")

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I \*hate \*it when that happens!!