**7.6 Preventive measures against venous thromboembolism (VTE)**

Peripartum hysterectomy is associated with a significantly increased risk of VTE in the postpartum period, even when controlling for other known risk factors for postpartum thromboembolic events. The incidence of VTE following peripartum hysterectomy observed in a cross-sectional study with a big cohort shows that the population (2.2%) meets some guideline-based risk thresholds for routine thromboprophylaxis, potentially for at least two weeks postpartum. Further investigation into the role of routine VTE prophylaxis during and beyond the delivery encounter is needed [30].
