Additional file 1 of Comparison of open, laparoscopic, and robotic left colectomy for radical treatment of colon cancer: a retrospective analysis in a consecutive series of 211 patients

Additional file 1: Supplementary Figure 1. Illustrations for the length of bowel resection, location of related arteries ligation and scope of the lymph node dissection for radical left colectomy for tumours located (A) at the distal 1/3 of the transverse colon (TC) and splenic flexure (SF), (B) at the upper segment of descending colon (UDC), (C) at the lower segment of descending colon (LDC).