Deficiencies in Preoperative CT Staging Reports for Colon Cancer: A National Survey of Colorectal Surgeons.

Forty-six surgeons from 37 Spanish hospitals responded.

Retroperitoneal fascial infiltration was not reported in 30.4%.

While lymphadenopathy was routinely described, the number of lymph nodes and affected stations were detailed in only 58.7% and 19.6% of cases, respectively.

Only 10.9% of centers had a structured computed tomography staging protocol.