“…All 3600 unique entries were individually analyzed for inclusion and exclusion criteria. Of these, 502 passed all the eligibility criteria (Figure 1) and were recorded with the following information to input in the analysis score: age at surgery, surgical department, colectomy date and type, eligible post-operative CT scan, time interval from surgery to post-operative CT, arterial stump angiometry parameters consistent with previous work published from our workgroup (actual stump length; theoretical best D2 position of predicted ligation level (D2PLL); theoretical best D3 position of predicted ligation level (D3PLL); D2 improvement potential (D2IP); D3 improvement potential (D3IP)) [9], pathological specimen parameters, established as independent prognostic factors for LRR [24,40,41] (pTNM stage, histological type of cancer; degree of differentiation; number of LNs, lymph-node index (LNI), expressed as the ratio between positive and total LNs; perineural [42], lymphatic and vascular invasion; tumor deposits (pN1c)), total follow-up interval, presence and type of LRR, and LRR-free survival (LRFS). The primary long-term oncological outcome was the LRFS.…”