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Methods: We have retrospectively divided 199 patients into two groups according to the first surgeon experience (ES = 138 patients and NES = 61 patients), all being members of the aortic team. We evaluated and compared early and long-term outcomes. Results: Although the two groups were comparable in terms of clinical presentation and intraoperative setting, ES performed more aortic arch repairs (40% vs. 26%, p = 0.06) and frozen elephant trunk procedures (15% vs. 3%, p = 0.02), albeit with similar intraoperative times (median cardiopulmonary bypass time of 203 min in ES vs. 201 min in NES, respectively, p = 0.88). The 30-day mortality was the same in the two groups (8%, p = 1), and the postoperative course was similar except for a shorter in-hospital stay in the NES group (10 vs. 17 days, p = 0.04). Conclusions: In our experience, repair of ATAAD could be achieved with similar results between ES and NES. However, NES performed less technically demanding repairs. 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