Letter
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.[3-8] As
Freeman-Sheldon syndrome, now Freeman-Burian syndrome (FBS),[9] is
an exquisitely rare condition, little is known about it. Many who
believe they have encountered it in clinical practice are eager to
publish their experience, despite the perils.