Between May 1991 and May 2006, 53 patients with TGA/CoA or Taussig-Bing/CoA (n = 20; 38%) underwent a complete single-stage repair. Surgical technique involved the arterial switch operation and ventricular septal defect closure when present in 51 patients (96%). The aortic arch was enlarged in 36 patients (75%) with patch augmentation. Two patients (4%) underwent the augmentation of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) at the first operation.