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However, effective tools for early risk assessment are lacking.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>To identify risk factors for postoperative LDVT in CRC patients and develop a machine learning (ML)-based risk prediction model with an accessible web calculator.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This retrospective study included 1,200 CRC patients undergoing radical surgery. A modeling cohort of 1,000 patients (January 2021\u2013December 2022) was randomly split 8:2 into training and testing sets, and 200 patients (March\u2013August 2024) formed an external validation cohort. Risk factors were screened using univariate analysis and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression. Eight ML models were constructed and compared based on area under the curve (AUC), accuracy, sensitivity, and F1-score. The best-performing model was interpreted using SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP), and a web-based calculator was developed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Among 1,200 patients, 369 (30.75%) developed LDVT (31.5% in the modeling cohort, 27% in the validation cohort). Seventeen variables were associated with LDVT in univariate and LASSO analyses, and the top 10 were used to build models. The random forest (RF) model showed the best performance, with AUCs of 0.942, 0.897, and 0.891 in the training, testing, and validation sets, respectively, demonstrating high accuracy and generalizability. SHAP analysis identified D-dimer, preoperative intestinal obstruction, Caprini score, age, intraoperative blood loss, and diabetes as major predictors, with D-dimer having the strongest impact. A web-based calculator (<jats:ext-link>https:\/\/crc-ldvt.shinyapps.io\/RF-model\/<\/jats:ext-link>) was constructed to provide individualized risk estimation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study developed and validated a robust ML-based model for predicting postoperative LDVT in CRC patients. The RF model, incorporating key clinical predictors, demonstrated high predictive performance and clinical relevance. 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