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A recent study claims that women who have undergone a liver-transplant surgery are likelier to have successful pregnancies. Miscarriage rates are found to be lower and live-birth rate are found to be higher in liver-transplant recipient women, says the research.

For the study, the data of eight studies conducted between the year 2000 and 2011 was analyzed. The studies included 450 pregnancies among 306 liver-transplant recipients, reported Health Day.

The study results revealed that the live-birth rate was highest among liver-transplant recipients followed by kidney-transplant recipients and the general population.

Lowest miscarriage rates were found in kidney-transplant recipients, followed by liver-transplant recipients and among women in the general population, Dr. Dorry Segev, director of clinical research in transplant surgery at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, said in a journal news release.

Higher rates of complications involved during pregnancy were found in liver-transplant patients. Complications included preeclampsia, cesarean section, and preterm delivery.

Women in the general population were found to have comparatively lesser complications.

However, rates of those pregnancy complications in liver-transplant patients were comparatively lower than kidney-transplant patients.

Liver-transplant recipients also had better deliveries than kidney-transplant recipients in terms of gestational age and infant birth weight, said the report.

Researchers concluded that liver-transplant recipients could possibly get pregnant but need to work closely with their doctors in order to minimize the risks involved.

The study was published in the June issue of the journal Liver Transplantation.