EMLA cream and lidocaine local injection in the treatment of extravenous thiopental injection--a case report.

: Thiopental extravasation which would cause tissue edema and necrosis in rapid progression by chemical reaction and vascular spasm is a potentially serious complication in anesthesia. Early diagnosis and treatment may bear a favorable outcome. A patient who sustained thiopental extravasation and received local injection of lidocaine and local application of EMLA (Eutectic Mixture of Local Anesthetics) for treatment with excellent results is presented hereunder.