Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient age over 18 years
• Patient scheduled for colorectal cancer surgery
• Patient is able to comprehend and sign the Informed Consent Form

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient has known allergy to nickel
• Patient with bowel obstruction, bowel strangulation, peritonitis, bowel perforation, local or systemic infection
• Patients who are participating in another trial
• Patient on regular steroid medication
• Patients who are undergoing a stoma
• Patients with contraindications to general anesthesia
• Patient with preexisting sphincter problems or evidence of extensive local disease in the pelvis
• Patients after radiation
• Patients who refuse consent