[Experiences with percutaneous anesthesia using a lidocaine-prilocaine cream (EMLA 5% cream)]

Using an percutaneous anesthetic Lidocaine ointment (EMLA cream 5%), we treated patients with mollusca contagiosa, condylomata acuminata, and verrucae plantaris by superficial curettage or electrocaustic surgery. The same presurgical procedure was applied in taking biopsies from the glans penis. The analgesia achieved was complete in all patients with mollusca contagiosa, condylomata acuminata, and penal biopsies. In those with verrucae plantaris, the anesthesia was incomplete but tolerable, also in children. We discuss the pharmacological effects of and further indications for this new percutaneous anesthetic ointment.