50th Anniversary Landmark Commentary on Bender HW Jr, Stewart JR, Merrill WH, Hammon JW Jr, Graham TP Jr. Ten years’ experience with the Senning operation for transposition of the great arteries: physiological results and late follow-up. Ann Thorac Surg 1989;47:218–23

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“After all, the hospital, the operating room and the wards should be laboratories, laboratories of the highest order, and we know from experience that where this conception prevails not only is the cause of higher education and of medical science, best served, but also the welfare of the patient is best promoted.”William S. Halsted, 1904 [1].In 1995, I joined the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine under the direction of Dr Michael DeBakey primarily focused on establishing a dedicated, pediatric cardiac surgery service at Texas Children’s Hospital. During that first year, we were most fortunate to welcome Dr Harvey Bender as a visiting professor. He delivered an inspiring lecture highlighting his experience with Senning’s operation for physiologic correction of simple transposition of the great arteries (TGA).As elegantly documented in their 1989 landmark article?published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, “Ten Year’s Experience With the Senning Operation for Transposition of the Great Arteries: Physiological Results and Late Follow-up,” Bender and associates [