title: Needle aspiration: an alternative to incision and drainage.
authors.affiliation: Endodontic Section, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California 90822, USA.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Warden
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Bascom
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000601:surgery; D010482:Periapical Abscess / Q000601:surgery*; D013396:Suction; D013515:Surgery, Oral / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*