Table 5.

Compares the present study with previous studies that have reported the association of 13 ribs with long gap oesophageal atresia

Name of the study	Year of the study	Total number of babies (n)	Number of babies with ≥13 ribs (n)	Long gap atresia and ≥13 ribs, n (%)
Kulkarni et al. 1997[1]	1991- 1996	61	9	9 (100)
Bosenberg and Hadley 1998[4]	1988- 1997	155	5	0
Durell et al. 2017[5]	2005- 2012	76	10	0
Present study	2016- 2019	61	12*	4 (40)#

*Non-operated cases are included, ^#Of the ten operated cases, four had long gap atresia