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Session Title: Advanced Surgical Healing in Arthroplasty: Reducing Risk, Enhancing Recovery
Session Description: Persistent wound drainage (PWD) is a recognised modifiable risk factor for surgical site complications, including periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), in total hip and knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA). Despite improvements in surgical pathways, traditional closure methods may not be the optimal choice to achieve multilayer watertight closure—leaving patients at increased risk of wound breakdown, infection, and delayed discharge.
This session, led by Reshid Berber, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, will explore how advanced wound closure strategies can proactively reduce these risks and support better patient outcomes. Drawing on real-world experience in both primary and revision procedures, Reshid will share how STRATAFIX™ barbed sutures and DERMABOND™ PRINEO™ skin closure system are used together to deliver multilayer watertight closure with strength and security, obliteration of dead space, and both antibacterial and microbial barrier protection.
Attendees will gain practical insight into how closure selection—often considered a routine step—can be elevated into a strategic component of infection prevention and recovery optimisation. The session will cover implementation in the NHS setting, benefits for high-risk patients, and alignment with key performance indicators such as reduced length of stay and surgical site complication rates.
This 30-minute presentation offers an evidence-based approach to advanced surgical healing in arthroplasty and a clear rationale for evolving closure practices to meet the challenges of modern joint replacement surgery.
Mr Reshid Berber is a hip and knee reconstructive surgeon based at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. After graduating from University College London, he undertook specialist training on the highly regarded training programmes across London, Leicester and Nottingham. Mr Berber was awarded a PhD from University College London, for his internationally recognised research based at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore. He has published several scientific articles and has received numerous awards for his research activities.
On completion of training, he went on to highly regarded national and international fellowships, including a BOA travelling fellowship to the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, USA. Mr Berber has a hip and knee reconstructive practice, including robotic arthroplasty and revision knee surgery. Mr Berber is a consultant member of the East Midlands Specialist Orthopaedic Network. He is also a dedicated faculty member on several national and international teaching courses.