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Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 214 patients who underwent open TAAA repair between June 1996 and March 2023. Among them, 30 underwent repeat thoracotomy (RT), and 184 underwent their first thoracotomy (FT). To reduce baseline discrepancies, propensity score matching (3:1) was performed, resulting in 22 RT patients matched with 45 FT patients. The primary outcome was 30-day mortality, while secondary outcomes included postoperative complications. Results: In the matched cohort, the median operative time was longer in the RT group (500 min, IQR [476.0\u2013552.0]) compared to the FT group (459.0 min, IQR [426.5\u2013514.0]; p = 0.037). Thirty-day mortality was similar between groups (RT: 4.5%, FT: 2.2%, p = 0.433). No cases of paraplegia occurred. Postoperative bleeding was observed more frequently in the RT group (RT: 13.6% vs. FT: 2.2%, p = 0.050), suggesting a potential difference, but statistical significance was not reached. Other major complications showed no significant differences. Conclusions: In this propensity score matched analysis, repeat thoracotomy was not associated with statistically significant differences in early outcomes following open TAAA repair. 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