[Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in hernia surgery].

In the paper, the data concerning VTE incidence and currently used methods of thromboprophylaxis in hernia surgery were presented. The role of individual trhomboembolic risk assessment in each case of open or laparoscopic surgical hernia repair were emphasized. The VTE risk stratification methods in surgical patients as well as the current guidelines (ACCP, International Consensus Statement, SAGES) concerning this kind of surgery were presented and discussed, taking into account the way of surgery performance (open vs laparoscopic), as well as the type of anaesthesia and duration of perioperative immoblisation. In each case of the patient undergoing surgical hernia repair the actual risk of VTE should be evaluated.