Trajectory of plasma syndecan-1 and heparan sulphate during major surgery: A retrospective observational study.

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"This is a secondary report of a clinical pilot study of 72 adult patients (≥18 years old) undergoing open pancreas, colorectal and liver resection surgeries between July 2018 and January 2019. The protocol was approved by the local Ethics Committee approval (number: 17/Austin/397) and was registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry before any patient was recruited (ACTRN: 12618000361202). Data were collected at two Australian hospitals and one New Zealand hospital. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants before they were enrolled in the trial. Ethics approval/exemption was obtained for this post hoc analysis."