After a few hours, the adult dragonfly will take to the air where it will prey on other winged insects. The temperature and weather greatly affect how long the dragonfly lives at this stage in its life. If the weather is warm and the dragonfly is able to avoid predators it can live up to six months. However, if the temperature is cold then adults may only live a few weeks.
What is ORIF Surgery? An open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) refers to a surgical procedure to fix a severe bone fracture, or break. âOpen reductionâ means surgery is needed to realign the bone fracture into the normal position.
An open reduction involves the same concepts but is done as a surgical procedure for fractures that cannot be reduced or held in reduced position by closed reduction. Usually internal fixation of the fracture is performed during the same operation as the open reduction (open reduction and internal fixation [ORIF]). Open reductions are also necessary to treat an open fracture or compound fracture, as open wounds must be cleaned, dead tissue and foreign material removed (dÃ©bridement), and then repaired. Sometimes fractures that are initially reduced in a closed procedure need to be reduced again in an open procedure and then stabilized with hardware (ORIF) because a cast or splint cannot maintain the desired position.