Research

Matthew Bultitude has a long track record of clinically orientated research. He completed his MSc Thesis in 2005 investigating the effects of flexible ureterorenoscopy on renal function. He has publised widely in many areas related to the surgical and medical management of kidney stone disease as well as upper tract TCC (UTUC). A complete list of his publications can he seen on his publications page. For ease of reading these have been separated into the various different subject areas and can be viewed by clicking the tabs below: 

Kidney Stones

Management of encrusted ureteral stents impacted in the upper tract.

M Bultitude, RC Tiptaft, JM Glass, P Dasgupta.

Urology 62: 622- 626, 2003.


Ureteric Stricture: A complication of tailed ureteric stents.

M Bultitude, P Dasgupta, M Cynk, RC Tiptaft, JM Glass.

BJU International 91(6): 588, 2003.

Pseudoaneurysm formation after flexible ureterorenoscopy and Electrohydraulic lithotripsy.

W Aston, R Whiting, M Bultitude, B Challacombe, JM Glass, P Dasgupta.

International Journal of Clinical Practice 58(3): 310- 311, 2004.


Prolonging the life of the flexible ureterorenoscope.

M Bultitude, P Dasgupta, RC Tiptaft, JM Glass.

International Journal of Clinical Practice 58(8): 756- 757, 2004.


Flexible ureterorenoscopy: prospective analysis of the Guy’s experience.

P Dasgupta, MS Cynk, M Bultitude, RC Tiptaft, JM Glass.

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 86(5): 367- 370, 2004.


Treatment of urolithiasis in the morbidly obese.

M Bultitude, RC Tiptaft, P Dasgupta, JM Glass.

Obesity Surgery 14(3): 300- 304, 2004.


Management of solitary lower pole renal calculi: Is flexible ureterorenoscopy and Holmium laser lithotripsy effective?

A Gavazzi, M Bultitude, K Ghani, N Hegarty, J Glass, K Thomas

British Journal of Medical and Surgical Urology 3(3); 123, 2010


Interrogating HES: The rise and rise of stone disease

Sahai A, Bultitude M, Thomas K, Glass J

British Journal of Medical and Surgical Urology 4 (5); 223- 4: 2011


Standard versus tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a systematic review.

Amer T, Ahmed K, Bultitude M, Khan S, Kumar P, De Rosa A, Khan MS, Hegarty N.

Urol Int. 2012; 88(4):373-82


Flexible ureterorenoscopy (URS) for lower pole calculi.

Ghani KR, Bultitude M, Hegarty N, Thomas K, Glass J.

BJU Int. 2012; 110(2):294-8


Management of renal colic.

Bultitude M, Rees J.

BMJ 2012; 29;345:e5499


Incidental renal stones in potential live kidney donors: prevalence, assessment and donation, including role of ex vivo ureteroscopy.

Olsburgh J, Thomas K, Wong K, Bultitude M, Glass J, Rottenberg G, Silas L, Hilton R, Koffman G.

BJU Int. 2013 111(5): 784-92


Stent removal need not be painful.

Bultitude M

BJU Int. 2013 ;111(1):7


Is Percutaneous nephrolithotomy in solitary kidneys safe?

Wong KA, Sahai A, Patel A, Thomas K, Bultitude M, Glass J

Urology 2013; 82(5): 1013-6


The forgotten ureteric stent - what next?

Withington J, Wong K, Bultitude M, O'Brien T

BJU Int. 2014 Jun;113(6):850-1.


The dilemma of post-ureteroscopy stenting

Hughes B, Wiseman O, Thompson T, Masood J, Smith R, McIhenny C, Irving S, DasGupta R, Bultitude M

BJU Int 2014; 113(2): 184-5.


Tether your stents!

Fernando A, Bultitude M.

BJU Int. 2014 Apr;113(4):517-8


Management of stent symptoms: what a pain!

Faure Walker NA, Bultitude M, Brislane K, Thomas K, Glass JM.

BJU Int. 2013 Oct 29.


Eur Urol. 2014 Dec 24. pii: S0302-2838(14)01279-2.

A three-dimensional window into the body?

Bultitude M.

BJU Int. 2015 Apr;115(4):504-5


Gently Does it: Ramping Is the Key to Safe and Efficient Lithotripsy.

Bultitude M, Thomas K.

Eur Urol. 2016 Feb;69(2):274-5


Contemporary Management of Stone Disease: The New EAU Urolithiasis Guidelines for 2015.

Bultitude M, Smith D, Thomas K.

Eur Urol. 2016 Mar;69(3):483-4


Do stones still kill? An analysis of death from stone disease 1999-2013 in England and Wales.

Kum F, Mahmalji W, Hale J, Thomas K, Bultitude M, Glass J.

BJU Int. 2016 Jul;118(1):140-4.


Evolving Guidance on Ureteric Calculi Management in the Acute Setting.

Makanjuola JK, Rintoul-Hoad S, Bultitude M.

Curr Urol Rep. 2016 Mar;17(3):2


Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Update, Trends, and Future Directions

Ghani KR, Andonian S, Bultitude M, Desai M, Giusti G, Okhunov Z, Preminger GM, de la Rosette J.

Eur Urol. 2016 Aug;70(2):382-96


Online Discussion on #KidneyStones: A Longitudinal Assessment of Activity, Users and Content.

Salem J, Borgmann H, Bultitude M, Fritsche HM, Haferkamp A, Heidenreich A, Miernik A, Neisius A, Knoll T, Thomas C, Tsaur I.

PLoS One. 2016 Aug 18;11(8)


Urolithiasis around the world.

Bultitude M.

BJU Int. 2017 Nov;120(5):601. doi: 10.1111/bju.14033


One Strategy Does Not Fit All: The Era of Personalised Medicine for the Treatment of Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Is upon Us.

Tregunna RL, Cathcart P, Bultitude M.

Eur Urol. 2017 Dec;72(6):998-999.


Medical Expulsive Therapy in Urolithiasis: A Review of the Quality of the Current Evidence.

Skolarikos A, Ghani KR, Seitz C, Van Asseldonk B, Bultitude M.

Eur Urol Focus. 2017 Feb;3(1):27-45.


Learning Curves in Urolithiasis Surgery: A Systematic Review.

Quirke K, Aydin A, Brunckhorst O, Bultitude M, Khan MS, Dasgupta P, Sarica K, Ahmed K

J Endourol. 2018 Nov;32(11):1008-1020.


Vitamin D and kidney stones - is there an association?

Singh GV, Hampson G, Thomas K, Bultitude M, Willis S.

BJU Int. 2018; 123(5): 751-2.


Dusting, fragmenting, popcorning or dustmenting?

Wenzel M, Bultitude M, Salem J

Curr Opin Urol. 2019 Mar;29(2):108-112.


Factors associated with spontaneous stone passage in a contemporary cohort of patients presenting with acute ureteric colic: results from the Multi-centre cohort study evaluating the role of Inflammatory Markers In patients presenting with acute ureteric Colic (MIMIC) study.

Shah TT, Gao C, Peters M, et al. British Urology Researchers in Surgical Training (BURST) Collaborative MIMIC Study Group.

BJU Int. 2019 Sep;124(3):504-513.


Predicting sepsis after percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

Bultitude M, Thomas K.

BJU Int. 2019 Jun;123(6):914-915.


Medical Expulsive Therapy for Urinary Stones: Future Trends and Knowledge Gaps.

De Coninck V, Antonelli J, Chew B, Patterson JM, Skolarikos A, Bultitude M.

Eur Urol. 2019 76(5):658-666.


Water to prevent kidney stones: tap vs bottled; soft vs hard - does it matter?

Willis S, Goldfarb DS, Thomas K, Bultitude M.

BJU Int. 2019 Dec;124(6):905-906.


Zero radiation stone treatment.

Bultitude M

BJUI Int. 2020 125(2): 193


Development and content validation of the percutaneous nephrolithotomy assessment score

Quirke K, Aydın A, Bultitude M, Sarıca K, Glass J, Khan A, Marsh H, Al-Hayek S, Wiseman O, Patterson J, Makanjuola J, Skolarikos A, Somani B, Khan MS, Dasgupta P, Ahmed K.

Int J Urol. 2020 Nov;27(11):960-964. doi: 10.1111/iju.14332. Epub 2020 Aug 5.


Consultation on kidney stones, Copenhagen 2019: aspects of intracorporeal lithotripsy in flexible ureterorenoscopy

Lildal SK, Andreassen KH, Baard J, Brehmer M, Bultitude M, Eriksson Y, Ghani KR, Jung H, Kamphuis G, Kronenberg P, Turney B, Traxer O, Ulvik Ø, Osther PJS

World J Urol. 2021 Jun;39(6):1673-1682.


Key Questions. Renal and ureteric stones.

Considine S, Bultitude M

Pulse 2022; Dec.: 24-26


Editorial Comment

Bultitude M

Urology 2023; 182: 58-9

Cystinuria

Management of cystinuric patients: an observational, retrospective, single-centre analysis.

K Ahmed, MS Khan, K Thomas, B Challacombe, M Bultitude, J Glass, R Tiptaft, P Dasgupta.

Urologia Internationalis 80(2): 141- 144, 2008.


Cystinuria - A urologist's perspective.

Thomas K, Wong K, Withington J, Bultitude M, Doherty A.

Nat Rev Urol. 2014 May;11(5):270-7


The Genetic Diversity of Cystinuria in a UK Population of Patients.

Wong KA, Mein R, Wass M, Flinter F, Pardy C, Bultitude M, Thomas K.

BJU Int. 2014 Aug 11.


Can the Presence of Crystalluria Predict Stone Formation in Patients with Cystinuria?

Wong KA, Pardy C, Pillay S, Athanasiou T, Rottenberg G, Bultitude M, Chandra A, Thomas K.

J Endourol. 2016 May;30(5)


Stones: Predicting stone episodes using cystine capacity.

Bultitude M, Thomas K.

Nat Rev Urol. 2018 Jan;15(1):8-9.


Hypertension and renal impairment in patients with cystinuria: findings from a specialist cystinuria centre.

Kum F, Wong K, Game D, Bultitude M, Thomas K.

Urolithiasis. 2019 47(4): 357-63


Patient experience: Living with Cystinuria during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Chalokia R, Kum F, Foran N, Thomas K, Bultitude M

Journal of Endoluminal Endourology 2020; 3(3): e7-e12


Cystinuria: clinical practice recommendation.

Servais A, Thomas K, Strologo LD, Sayer JA, Bekri S, Bertholet-Thomas A, Bultitude M, Capolongo G, Cerkauskiene R, Daudon M, Doizi S, Gillion V, Gràcia-Garcia S, Halbritter J, Heidet L, van den Heijkant M, Lemoine S, Knebelmann B, Emma F, Levtchenko E; Metabolic Nephropathy Workgroup of the European Reference Network for Rare Kidney Diseases (ERKNet) and eUROGEN.

Kidney International 2021; 99(1): 48-58


Non-contrast computed tomography characteristics in a large cohort of cystinuria patients

Warren H, Poon D, Srinivasan R, Thomas K, Rottenberg G, Bultitude M, Thomas K

World J Urol 2021; 39(7): 2753-7


Cystinuria: An Overview of Challenges and Surgical Management.

Clark CS, Gnanappiragasam S, Thomas K, Bultitude M.

Front Surg. 2022 Jun 16;9:812226. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.812226. eCollection 2022.

Upper Tract TCC

Improving the interpretation of ureteroscopic biopsies: use of bouin's fixative.

M Bultitude, KR Ghani, C Horsfield, J Glass, A Chandra, K Thomas

BJUI 108(9): 1373- 5, 2011


Consultation on kidney stones, Copenhagen 2019: aspects of intracorporeal lithotripsy in flexible ureterorenoscopy.

Lildal SK, Andreassen KH, Baard J, Brehmer M, Bultitude M, Eriksson Y, Ghani KR, Jung H, Kamphuis G, Kronenberg P, Turney B, Traxer O, Ulvik Ø, Osther PJS.

World J Urol. 2021 Jun;39(6):1673-1682 


Digging through a genomic goldmine: defining the optimum upper urinary tract surveillance strategy for Lynch syndrome.

Khan-Ruf S, Thurairajah R, Khan MS, Bultitude M, Thomas K, Nair R.

BJU Int. 2020 125(1): 6-7


Improving management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma.

Tay LJ, Chatterton K, Colemeadow J, Nair R, Bultitude M, Thomas K.

BJU Int. 2020 Jul;126(1):5-6


Do all patients require ureteroscopy prior to nephroureterectomy?

Bultitude M, Nair R, Thomas K.

BJU Int. 2022 Jun;129(6):655-656


Consultation on UTUC II Stockholm 2022: Diagnostics, prognostication, and follow-up - where are we today?

Syden F, Baard J, Bultitude M, Keeley Jr F, Roupret M, Thomas K, Axelsson T, Jaremko G, Jung H, Malm C, Proietti S, Osther P, Brehmer M

World J Urol 2023; 41: 3395-403


Urological Trauma

Assessing the usefulness of delayed imaging in routine follow-up of renal trauma

P Davis, M Bultitude, J Koukounaras, P Royce, N Corcoran

Journal of Urology 184(3): 973- 7, 2010


Predictors of Outcome in Blunt High Grade Renal Injuries Treated with Conservative Intent

J McGuire, M Bultitude, P Davis, J Koukounaras, P Royce, N Corcoran

Journal of Urology 185: 187- 91, 2010


Reply from authors. Re: Assessing the usefulness of delayed imaging in routine follow-up of renal trauma.

P Davis, M Bultitude, J Koukounaras et al.

Journal of Urology 185: 187- 91, 2010

N Corcoran, M Bultitude

Journal of Urology 185(4): 1538-40, 2011


Reply from authors. Re: Assessing the usefulness of delayed imaging in routine follow-up of renal trauma.

P Davis, M Bultitude, J Koukounaras et al. J Urol 185: 187- 91, 2010

M Bultitude, N Corcoran

Journal of Urology 186(2): 759-60, 2011


Contemporary Review of Renal Trauma.

J Shoobridge, N Corcoran, J Koukounaras, P Royce, M Bultitude

Reviews in Urology 13(2): 65- 72, 2011


Lower Urinary Tract Injuries Following Blunt Trauma: A Review of Contemporary Management

J Kong, M Bultitude, P Royce, R Gruen, A Cato, N Corcoran

Reviews in Urology 13(3): 119-30, 2011


A 9-year experience of renal injury at an Australian level 1 trauma centre.

Shoobridge JJ, Bultitude M, Koukounaras J, Martin KE, Royce PL, Corcoran NM.

BJU Int. 2013; 112 (suppl 2): 53-60


Predicting surgical exploration in renal trauma: Assessment and modification of an established nomogram.

Shoobridge JJ, Bultitude M, Koukounaras J, Royce P, Corcoran NM

J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013; 75(5): 819- 23

Urinary Symptoms

Systemic Amylodiosis presenting as Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

P Davis, N Corcoran, U Hanegbi, M Bultitude

ANZ Journal of Surgery, 80(10): 759- 60, 2010


Simple Prostatectomy: A Step Too Far for Laparoscopy?

Bultitude M, Challacombe B.

Eur Urol. 2014 Dec 24. pii: S0302-2838(14)01279-2.


The management of lower urinary tract symptoms in men.

Rees J, Bultitude M, Challacombe B.

BMJ. 2014 Jun 24;348:g3861.


Re: Jens Sønksen, Neil J. Barber, Mark J. Speakman, et al. Prospective, Randomized, Multinational Study of Prostatic Urethral Lift Versus Transurethral Resection of the Prostate: 12-month Results from the BPH6 Study.

Bultitude M, Le Roux P.

Eur Urol. 2016 Mar;69(3):e37-8


One Strategy Does Not Fit All: The Era of Personalised Medicine for the Treatment of Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Is upon Us.

Tregunna RL, Cathcart P, Bultitude M.

Eur Urol. 2017 Dec;72(6):998-999. 

Miscellaneous

Loin Pain Haematuria Syndrome: Distress resolved by pain relief.

M Bultitude, JPR Young, MI Bultitude, JDD Allan.

Pain 76: 209- 213, 1998.

Bladder rupture fourteen years after radiotherapy for transitional cell carcinoma.

M Bultitude, L Lilas, A Tay, JM Glass.

The Journal of Surgery 1(2): 54- 55, 2004.

Misinterpretation of radioisotope imaging in pelvic kidneys.

D Allen, M Bultitude, T Nunan, JM Glass.

International Journal of Clinical Practice (Suppl) 147: 111- 112, 2005


Urology NHS Webpages: A Review of English NHS Trusts.

M Garthwaite, M Bultitude

British Journal of Medical and Surgical Urology 4(5); 182-6, 2011


Re: Smartphone Applications for the urology trainee

JK Makanjuola, M Bultitude

BJU Int 2012; 109(2): E3-4


Urology apps: a review of all apps available for urologists.

Makanjuola JK, Rao AR, Hale J, Bultitude M, Challacombe B, Dasgupta P.

BJU Int. 2012; 110(4):475-7


Cardiovascular risk with NSAIDs.

Makanjuola J, Bultitude M.

BJU Int. 2012; 110(5):607-8


WWW. Do not forget older people.

Macfarlane H, Kinirons MT, Bultitude M.

Age Ageing 2012; 41(6):807-10


Podcasts made simple.

Dasgupta P, Bultitude M

BJU Int. 2013 Mar;111(3):365. doi: 10.1111/bju.12041. No abstract available.


Engaging responsibly with social media: The British Journal of Urology International (BJUI) guidelines.

Murphy DG, Loeb S, Basto MY, Challacombe B, Trinh QD, Leveridge M, Morgan T, Dasgupta P, Bultitude M.

BJU Int. 2014 Jul;114(1):9-11


A lot of questions (and a few answers …) in retroperitoneal fibrosis.

Fernando A, Pattison J, Horsfield C, Bultitude M, D'Cruz D, O'Brien T.

BJU Int. 2015; 117(1): 16-9.


Safety of ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ site admissions within a high-volume urology department in the United Kingdom at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic

Stroman L, Russell B, Kotecha P, Kantartzi A, Ribeiro L, Jackson B, Ismaylov V, Debo-Aina AO, MacAskill F, Kum F, Kulkarni M, Sandher R, Walsh A, Doerge E, Guest K, Kailash Y, Simson N, McDonald C, Mensah E, June Tay L, Chalokia R, Clovis S, Eversden E, Cossins J, Rusere J, Zisengwe G, Fleure L, Cooper L, Chatterton K, Barber A, Roberts C, Azavedo T, Ritualo J, Omana H, Mills L, Studd L, El Hage O, Nair R, Malde S, Sahai A, Fernando A, Taylor C, Challacombe B, Thurairaja R, Popert R, Olsburgh J, Cathcart P, Brown C, Hadjipavlou M, Di Benedetto E, Bultitude M, Glass J, Yap T, Zakri R, Shabbir M, Willis S, Thomas K, O'Brien T, Khan MS, Dasgupta P.

BJUI Compass 2020 2(2): 97-104.


Assessing the quality and readability of NHS urology webpages in England

Pook C, Thomas K, Bultitude M

Journal of Clinical Urology 2021; 15(5): 429-33


The Endourological Society Inaugural Census Report.

Moreland H, Smith L, Stowasser V, Ghazi A, Sighinolfi MC, Bultitude M, Krambeck AE, Rocco BMC, Ziemba JB, Averch TD.

J Endourol. 2022 doi: 10.1089/end.2022.0516. Online ahead of print