Abstract:Objective: To study the effects of NALP on cancer and non-carcer pain and observe changes of blood hormone level. Methods: Patients were divided into 2 groups at random, cancer pain group (n=10) and non-cancer pain group (n=10). Both received NALP under general anesthesia. With the guidance of digital C-arm X-ray, 7.5% phenol glycerine was injected into the pituitary. Venous blood were sampled at pre-operation, 1 h post-operation, the 1st and 3rd post-operative morning for plasma ACTH, GH, and TSH measurements. VAS was assessed at pre-operation and 72h post-operation. Results: (1) VAS of both groups decreased significantly after NALP; there was no significant difference between the two groups in VAS on the 3rd day after operation. (2) For both groups, ACTH, GH and TSH were increased significantly at 1h post-operation compared with pre-operation, decreased on the 1st day after NALP, and dropped to baseline level on the 3rd day. (3) There was no correlations between hormone level and VAS. Conclusion: NALP has satisfactory therapeutic effects for cancer pain as well as for non-cancer pain.