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Clinical evaluation, administration of outcome questionnaires, and digital anthropometric assessment were performed before and 3 months after abdominoplasty (in 26 patients) and thighplasty (in 16 patients).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Significant pre-post-intervention decreases in waist and hip circumferences were observed in the abdominoplasty subgroup: the median decrease was 3.3\u2005cm (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.0001) for the waist circumference and 2.6\u2005cm (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.002) for the hip circumference. Significant pre-post-intervention decreases in thigh circumferences and leg volumes were observed in the thighplasty subgroup: the median decreases of the left and right thigh circumferences were 1.7\u2005cm (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.001) and 1.5\u2005cm (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.003) and the median decreases of the left and right leg volumes were both 0.4\u2005l (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      values: 0.007 and 0.02). Significant pre-post-intervention improvements were also observed for both BODY-Q abdomen satisfaction scale scores and BODY-Q inner thighs satisfaction scale scores.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Surgical outcomes in patients undergoing abdominoplasty and thighplasty can be documented through clinimetric and digital anthropometric assessments. 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