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While guidelines advocate collecting at least 12 lymph nodes, insufficient lymph node sampling can have catastrophic consequences.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This was a retrospective study that looked at the parameters influencing lymph node retrieval during colorectal cancer surgery in one of tertiary hospital in Ethiopia. In this study, data from 85 patients\u2019 records for stages I-III were analyzed and divided into two groups: adequately harvested and inadequately harvested. The association between potential factors impacting optimal harvests was analyzed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results and discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study found that the majority of cancer patients were between the ages of 34 and 53 years, in which the adequate lymph node retrieval was achieved only in 23% of cases. Procedures being performed by GI oncologic surgeons (P = 0.006, AOR;26.4), depth of invasion (AOR:14. 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