Perioperative management and outcomes in long-gap esophageal atresia: A retrospective analysis from the Eastern Pediatric Surgery Network

•In this collaborative descriptive study of 62 infants with long gap esophageal atresia, delayed primary repair with or without traction was the preferred approach.•Outcomes were comparable between strategies which resulted in a high rate of esophageal preservation.•This study highlights a critical need for a prospective, multi-institutional registry with uniform care pathways to develop evidence-based guidelines for these challenging patients.