Anastomotic Safety and Surveillance Using Real-time Enhanced Sensing Using xBar

The study is intended to evaluate the effect of xBar utilization on clinical outcomes during recovery from colorectal surgery. During the study, patients in the intervention group admitted for low anterior resection surgery will have xBar placed during their index surgery. The overall morbidity, healthcare utilization costs, and stoma utilization of the intervention group will be compared to those of the historical control group, consisting of patients meeting the same inclusion/exclusion criteria of the patients in the intervention group. The xBar system, classified as a non-significant risk device in the pivotal study, is designed as an integrated platform for post-operative monitoring, built to fit into the existing clinical workflow without altering the standard surgical protocol.