Anesthetic management of a patient with Freeman‐Sheldon syndrome undergoing oral surgery: A case report

Abstract

In the anesthetic management in this case was how to manage the patient without causing respiratory depression and respiratory muscle fatigue.

Unsafe Care and Misunderstanding Diagnosis in Freeman-Burian syndrome: Problems in Writing Case Reports Involving Rare Conditions and Strategies for Improvement

“…[5] The authors also refer to, "respiratory muscle fatigue." [1][2] As discussed previously, FBS results in the formation of white fibrous tissue constricting bands within normal muscle and complete muscle replacement by white fibrous tissue. [4] Primary muscle fatigue is not part of FBS.…”

“…We read with great interest the article by Sato Boku, Sento, Hasegawa, Tsutsumi, Kamimura, So, Kako, and Sobue, "Anesthetic management of a patient with Freeman-Sheldon syndrome undergoing oral surgery: a case report." [1][2] It is encouraging to see this exquisitely rare condition discussed in the literature. Unfortunately, this article [1][2] contains significant flaws (Fig 1), apparently resulting from the authors' omission of recent literature, especially clinical recommendations for anesthesia management.…”

Obstetrics and Diagnosis in Freeman-Burian syndrome

“…[3][4] So far, we have identified ten English-language case reports purportedly describing FBS published between 2020-2022 that contained similar, preventable errors. [1,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Not conducting a thorough literature search and omitting recent articles was the common denominator among the articles. [19] In trying to address the shortcomings of each, we have responded to eight, with four letters already published.…”

Misinformation and Misdiagnosis in Freeman-Burian syndrome

“…[1,6] Ten English-language case reports have been published between 2020-2022 purportedly describing FBS that contained similar, preventable errors. [1,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Not conducting a thorough literature search and omitting recent articles was the common denominator among the articles. [19] In trying to address the shortcomings of each, we have responded to all ten, with four letters already published.…”