You CANNOT have ANYTHING to eat or drink after midnight the night before your surgery, if your surgery is scheduled for the morning. (You may brush your teeth, use mouthwash and rinse your mouth as needed, but DO NOT SWOLLOW.) The only exception is Dr. Glashow and/or your primary care physician instructs you to take any medication with a small amount of water,i.e. blood pressure medications. Diabetics may not fast and should be the first surgical patients of the day. If your surgery is scheduled for the afternoon, The Mount Sinai Medical Center will inform you how long before surgery to stop eating and drinking.

Wash the surgical area (knee, shoulder, elbow, etc.) in the shower before surgery with Beta dine soap (it is available at a local pharmacy). Do not shave the area. This will be done at the hospital.

Please have a large supply of ice at home. This is to keep the affected area cold with your Cryocuff /Gameready. For information on your Gameready please visit their website at http://www.gameready.com/ or call Gotham Surgical & Brace at 212.983.3755. Gotham Surgical & Brace will send an ice machine, Cryrocuff or Gameready to the hospital for you to take home if you have previouslymade these arrangments. Please use your ice machine until otherwise directed. Reminder:Please have a large supply of ice at home.