What do systematic reviews say?

EMLA vs placebo

EMLA cream may leads to lower number of women requiring rescue medication compared with placebo (low certainty).

• Interventions for intra‐operative pain relief during postpartum mini‐laparotomy tubal ligation 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.36 [0.25, 0.53]
  Studies not reported
  Low