I got cut open when I needed some work done on my spine. I kinda shattered one vertebrae, so they had to rebuild it. It was L2 [http://www.bioenergyresearch.com/images/vertebre.JPG], which was lucky. The farther down the injury is, the less problems you get. So since that was the one that where injured, I can still walk and stuff. Though my left leg was paralyzed for a week or two.
So about 30 stitches there. They had to cut me open quite fast again though, since these [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/uidin/DSC00427.jpg] screws [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/uidin/DSC00426.jpg] wasn't fastened good enough. I also got cut open again over a year later, when I needed to remove those screws. I'm very skinny, so they annoyed me when I sat down and stuff. Could feel them grinding back there.
So yeah, all in all I have had about 90 stitches back there. Got a kick-ass scar [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9583738/Various%20Img/DSC00298.JPG] though.