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A total of 704 patients with acute type A aortic dissection surgery performed by 17 junior surgeons who can identify their first career surgery from January 1, 2005, to December 31, 2018, are included. The surgeon experience volume is defined as the cumulative number of acute type A aortic dissection surgery of the surgeon since January 1, 2005. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. The possibility of non-linearity and cutoffs for surgeon experience volume level was explored using a restricted cubic spline model. The\u00a0results revealed that more surgeon experience volume is significantly correlated to a lower in-hospital mortality rate (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u2212\u00a00.58, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.010)<jats:italic>.<\/jats:italic> The RCS model shows for an operator who reaches 25 cumulative volumes of acute type A aortic dissection surgery, the average in-hospital mortality rate of the patients can be below 10%. 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