[Comparison of normal tension and high tension glaucoma patients (corrected) according to age and sex].

Introduction: According to the level of intraocular pressure (IOP), open angle glaucoma is divided into high tension glaucoma (HTG) and normal tension glaucoma (NTG).

Objective: To determine if there are differences in the distribution of patients by age and sex between NTG and HTG.

Methods: Our prospective study included 30 patients with NTG and 30 with HTG.

The needle effect in the relief of myofascial pain.

In reviewing techniques for therapeutic local anaesthesia of pain spots, it appeared that the common denominator was puncture by the needle and not the anaesthetic employed. The present study examines short- and long-term effects of dry needling in the treatment of chronic myofascial pain. 241 patients and 312 pain sites were treated by needling.