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Out-patient knee lavage is performed by use of a kit comprising: A. Means for preparing the knee joint for lavage; B. An optional surgical drape; C. A first needle and a first syringe containing a first local anesthesia; D. A second needle and second syringe containing a second local anesthesi

Out-patient knee lavage is performed by use of a kit comprising: A. Means for preparing the knee joint for lavage; B. An optional surgical drape; C. A first needle and a first syringe containing a first local anesthesia; D. A second needle and second syringe containing a second local anesthesia; and E. A third syringe adapted to fitting the second needle, the third syringe containing a lavage fluid. The knee lavage is performed by: 1. Cleansing the knee joint and, preferably, covering it with a surgical drape; 2. Applying the first local anesthesia superficially to the joint to create a wheat; 3. Injecting through the wheal the second local anesthesia into the knee joint; and 4. Performing the lavage on the knee joint without removing the second needle from the knee joint.

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1. An out-patient, closed-needle joint lavage procedure comprising the steps of: A. Preparing the joint by cleansing at least a portion of the skin covering the joint; B. Covering the prepared joint with a sterile drape, the drape having an opening that is positioned over at least a portion of t

1. An out-patient, closed-needle joint lavage procedure comprising the steps of: A. Preparing the joint by cleansing at least a portion of the skin covering the joint; B. Covering the prepared joint with a sterile drape, the drape having an opening that is positioned over at least a portion of the cleansed skin; C. Applying a first anesthesia superficially to the joint to create a wheal; D. Injecting through the wheal a second anesthesia into the joint; and E. Performing a lavage on the joint. 2. The procedure of claim 1 in which the joint is a human knee joint. 3. An improved sodium hyaluronate or hylan GF-20 protocol in which the improvement comprises performing the closed-needle lavage of claim 1 about one week prior to commencing either the sodium hyaluronate or hylan GF-20 protocol. 4. An out-patient, closed-needle joint lavage procedure comprising the steps of: A. Preparing the joint by cleansing at least a portion of the skin covering the joint; B. Covering the prepared joint with a sterile drape, the drape having an opening that is positioned over at least a portion of the cleansed skin; C. Applying with a first needle a first anesthesia superficially to the joint to create a wheal; D. Injecting through the wheal a second anesthesia with a second needle into the joint; and E. Performing a lavage on the joint using the second needle, wherein the second needle has not been removed from the joint. 5. The procedure of claim 4 in which the joint is a human knee joint. 6. An improved sodium hyaluronate or hylan GF-20 protocol in which the improvement comprises performing the closed-needle lavage of claim 11 about one week prior to commencing either the sodium hyaluronate or hylan GF-20 protocol.