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If you're in a position to have to deal with answering questions about Coumadin, Xarelto, etc., you just need to wear compression socks anytime you're sitting for longer than a movie. (Coumadin and some other drugs are famous for their dietary restrictions as Rotor mentioned above, which you'll have to abide by for usually at least six months.)

That guy doing flutter kicks in the aisle on the way from EWR to FRA? Yeah, he has DVT, and once you've got it, you're going to most likely get it again. Ok, so flutter kicks are a bit of an exaggeration, but weird looking socks and doing calf exercises near the head every 90 minutes are not. Mojo, it's definitely worth talking with your doc about re: compression stockings before and after. Cheap on Amazon, just look for socks that measure their compression in some demonstrable measure of mm/Hg.

Especially for surgery or conditions in which the lower extremities are immobilized... Asking for DVT, even moreso when you're not a spring chicken.