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A Stitch in Time
Neil Skolnik, MD
Arch Fam Med. 1995;4(2):89-91.
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I WALK into the small examining room, and Lucretia is sitting in the corner looking down at the ground, her arms folded across her chest and her ankles crossed underneath her chair. I hold out my hand and say hello. She looks up briefly, then, looking back down at the ground, she begins. "The doctor in the emergency room put 15 stitches in. He told me to get them out in about a week. I been trying to come in, but I been real busy." Then she hands me the instruction sheet from the emergency department and points to the right side of her head. "It's time I get them out."
"Okay," I reply and glance at the sheet. The stitches were placed in early February, almost a month ago. I walk over to her and position the examination lamp over the side of her head. Fifteen crisscross stitches lie
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Author Affiliations
Family Practice Residency Program Abington Memorial Hospital Abington, Pa
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