Review Question - QID 213939

You are currently evaluating a 68-year-old woman who has met indications for a total knee arthroplasty. You finally have finished documenting the patient’s extensively detailed social and family history. As you finish, the patient tells you that she has spoken with her friends regarding her knee and tells you that she wants a prescription for preoperative physical therapy, would like a drain placed, an order for a cryotherapy device and use of a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA), in addition to being mobilized with physical therapy on the day of surgery. As an astute resident you inform the patient that based on the current AAOS clinical practice guidelines (CPG), there is strong evidence against using which of the patient’s request?