Apparently the wound itself only needs a few stitches.
a major cut: have stitches
I needed stitches for the cut on my head.
Jessica: Well, normally when you go into a, into the doctor’s office, you wouldn’t usually get, well you would get your doctor all they do is check, give you check-ups or you know maybe take out stitches or something, not surgery.
We were all on the floor in stitches
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