Comparison of esophageal atresia with and without <scp>VACTERL</scp> association: A retrospective study

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to report a significantly higher incidence of a long gap in patients of EA with VA compared to those of EA without VA; this result might be associated with a significant difference in the mean age of esophageal reconstruction between the two patient groups. These findings raise the possibility that the incidence of a long gap might be higher in patients of EA with VA than in those of EA without VA.