Hernias and pregnancy - when and how to manage?

Hernia is a well-known problem by almost every surgeon, often showing symptoms during pregnancy. There are a lot of discussions regarding the tactics of treating hernias in pregnancy. For this purpose, we made a detailed review of the literature data in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, as well as an additional article found in the references of each reviewed article and analysed it synthesized to give a guideline for fast and correct treatment. The approach is strictly individualized and depends on two main and important factors: the state of emergency and the gestational week of the pregnancy.