This cream is appropriate for all of the following procedures Except
EMLA (eutectic mixture of local anesthetics) is a eutectic mixture of 5 percent lidocaine and prilocaine that is used to produce anesthesia over intact skin. Its primary use is to produce anesthesia before venipuncture and lumbar puncture. In other settings, this cream has been used for anesthesia of split-thickness graft donor sites, curettage of molluscum contagiosum, cautery of genital was, and myringotomy. EMLA is not recommended for topical anesthesia of lacerations because it induces an exaggerated inflammatory response, thereby damaging host defenses and inviting the development of infection.
Venipuncture
Laceration repair
Lumbar puncture
Myringotomy
Anaesthesia of special situations