Allison Hirst

ORCID: 0000-0002-5864-4840 · 3 papers in corpus
observational 2008
A UK Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing Hysterectomy and Uterine Artery Embolization for the Treatment of Symptomatic Uterine Fibroids (HOPEFUL Study): Main Results on Medium-term Safety and Efficacy
·doi:10.1097/01.ogx.0000300962.43446.a0

The Hysterectomy Or Percutaneous Embolization For Uterine Leiomyomata (HOPEFUL) study was an attempt to compare the effectiveness, safety, and cost-effectiveness of 2 methods of treating symptomatic uterine fibroids, hysterectomy, and uteri…

other 2007
Uterine artery embolisation or hysterectomy for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids: a cost-utility analysis of the HOPEFUL study
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01525.x

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the relative cost-effectiveness of uterine artery embolisation (UAE) and hysterectomy in women with symptomatic uterine fibroids from the perspective of the UK NHS. DESIGN: Cost-utility analysis. SETTING: Eighteen …

2003
Menstrual Cycle Effects on Hypothalamic Dopamine Receptor Function in Women with a History of Puerperal Bipolar Disorder
·doi:10.1177/0269881103017002009

Neuroendocrine challenge tests of hypothalamic dopamine receptor function in the early postpartum period suggest that the sensitivity of these receptors is increased in women with a history of bipolar disorder after childbirth. We tested th…