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Twenty patients with persistent symptoms due to osteoarthritis of the knee were randomly allocated to a saline washout or control group. Both groups showed improvement. Knee washout conferred no more benefit than intra-articular saline injection.
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Dawes, P.T., Kirlew, C. & Haslock, I. Saline washout for knee osteoarthritis: Results of a controlled study. Clin Rheumatol 6, 61–63 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02201002
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