Frank Wolters

BIG-nummer

09042921001

Aandachtsgebieden

Inflammatoire darmziekten (colitis ulcerosa en morbus Crohn)
Behandeling virale hepatitis
(Interventie) endoscopie

Opleidingen

Opleiding tot basisarts, Universiteit Amsterdam
Opleiding tot internist, Catharina Ziekenhuis Eindhoven en Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum
Opleiding tot MDL-arts, Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum.

Specialist sinds

2001

In VieCuri sinds

2005

Talen

Nederlands en Engels

Andere activiteiten

2010 - 2012 voorzitter maatschap internisten en MDL-artsen
2011 - heden lid sedatiecommissie
2011 - heden lid commissie kwaliteit
2012 - 2015 Medisch Verantwoordelijke Operationele Eenheid Maag-Darm-Leverziekten
2015 - heden Medisch Leider Operationele Eenheid Maag-Darm-Leverziekten

Onderzoek

Promotie aan de Universiteit van Maastricht (2006): "Disease outcome in
Crohns’disease, European population based studies."

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Walter D, van Boeckel PG, Groenen MJ, Weusten BL, Witteman BJ, Tan G, Brink MA, Nicolai J, Tan AC, Alderliesten J, Venneman NG, Laleman W, Jansen JM, Bodelier A, Wolters FL, van der Waaij LA, Breumelhof R, Peters FT, Scheffer RC, Leenders M, Hirdes MM, Steyerberg EW, Vleggaar FP, Siersema PD. Cost Efficacy of Metal Stents for Palliation of Extrahepatic Bile Duct Obstruction in a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Gastroenterology. 2015 Jul;149(1):130-8. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.03.012. Epub 2015 Mar 17. PMID: 25790742
Klemann VM, Wolters FL, Konsten JL. Benefits of a well-structured diagnostic
process in colon cancer. Dig Surg. 2011;28(1):15-21. doi: 10.1159/000321894. Epub 2011 Feb 4. PubMed PMID: 21293127.
Romberg-Camps MJ, Bol Y, Dagnelie PC, Hesselink-van de Kruijs MA, Kester AD, Engels LG, van Deursen C, Hameeteman WH, Pierik M, Wolters F, Russel MG, Stockbrügger RW. Fatigue and health-related quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease: results from a population-based study in the Netherlands: the IBD-South Limburg cohort. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2010 Dec;16(12):2137-47. doi: 10.1002/ibd.21285. PubMed PMID: 20848468.
Juillerat P, Pittet V, Mottet C, Felley C, Gonvers JJ, Vader JP, Burnand B,
Froehlich F, Wolters FL, Stockbrügger RW, Michetti P; EC-IBD Group.
Appropriateness of early management of newly diagnosed Crohn's disease in a European population-based cohort. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2010 Dec;45(12):1449-56. doi: 10.3109/00365521.2010.505660. Epub 2010 Jul 26. PubMed PMID: 20653489.
Odes S, Vardi H, Friger M, Esser D, Wolters F, Moum B, Waters H, Elkjaer M,
Bernklev T, Tsianos E, O'Morain C, Stockbrügger R, Munkholm P, Langholz E. Clinical and economic outcomes in a population-based European cohort of 948 ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease patients by Markov analysis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2010 Apr;31(7):735-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2009.04228.x. Epub 2009 Dec 29. PubMed PMID: 20047578.
Romberg-Camps M, Kuiper E, Schouten L, Kester A, Hesselink-van de Kruijs M, Limonard C, Bos R, Goedhard J, Hameeteman W, Wolters F, Russel M, Stockbrügger R, Dagnelie P. Mortality in inflammatory bowel disease in the Netherlands 1991-2002: results of a population-based study: the IBD South-Limburg cohort. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2010 Aug;16(8):1397-410. doi: 10.1002/ibd.21189. PubMed PMID: 20027652.
Romberg-Camps MJ, Hesselink-van de Kruijs MA, Schouten LJ, Dagnelie PC,
Limonard CB, Kester AD, Bos LP, Goedhard J, Hameeteman WH, Wolters FL, Russel MG, Stockbrügger RW. Inflammatory Bowel Disease in South Limburg (the Netherlands) 1991-2002: Incidence, diagnostic delay, and seasonal variations in onset of symptoms. J Crohns Colitis. 2009 Jun;3(2):115-24. doi:
10.1016/j.crohns.2008.12.002. Epub 2009 Feb 12. PubMed PMID: 21172254.
Romberg-Camps MJ, Dagnelie PC, Kester AD, Hesselink-van de Kruijs MA, Cilissen M, Engels LG, Van Deursen C, Hameeteman WH, Wolters FL, Russel MG, Stockbrügger RW. Influence of phenotype at diagnosis and of other potential prognostic factors on the course of inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 Feb;104(2):371-83. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2008.38. Epub 2009 Jan 27. PubMed PMID: 19174787.
Politi P, Bodini P, Mortilla MG, Beltrami M, Fornaciari G, Formisano D,
Munkholm P, Riis L, Wolters F, Hoie O, Katsanos K, O'Morain C, Shuhaibar M, Lalli P, De Falco M, Pereira S, Freitas J, Odes S, Stockbrügger RW; European Collaborative Study Group on Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Communication of information to patients with inflammatory bowel disease: A European Collaborative Study in a multinational prospective inception cohort. J Crohns Colitis. 2008 Sep;2(3):226-32. doi: 10.1016/j.crohns.2008.01.007. Epub 2008 May 16. PubMed PMID: 21172215.
10: Høie O, Aamodt G, Vermeire S, Bernklev T, Odes S, Wolters FL, Riis L, Politi P, Tsianos EV, Butrón M, Stockbrügger RW, Munkholm P, Vatn M, Moum B; European Collaborative study group of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (EC-IBD). Serological markers are associated with disease course in ulcerative colitis. A study in an unselected population-based cohort followed for 10 years. J Crohns Colitis. 2008 Jun;2(2):114-22. doi: 1016/j.crohns.2007.10.001. Epub 2007 Nov 26. PubMed PMID: 21172201.
Odes S, Vardi H, Friger M, Wolters F, Hoie O, Moum B, Bernklev T, Yona H,
Russel M, Munkholm P, Langholz E, Riis L, Politi P, Bondini P, Tsianos E,
Katsanos K, Clofent J, Vermeire S, Freitas J, Mouzas I, Limonard C, O'Morain C, Monteiro E, Fornaciari G, Vatn M, Stockbrugger R; European Collaborative Study Group on Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Effect of phenotype on health care costs in Crohn's disease: A European study using the Montreal classification. J Crohns Colitis. 2007 Dec;1(2):87-96. doi: 0.1016/j.crohns.2007.08.004. Epub 2007 Sep 27. PubMed PMID: 21172190.
Katsanos KH, Vermeire S, Christodoulou DK, Riis L, Wolters F, Odes S, Freitas J, Hoie O, Beltrami M, Fornaciari G, Clofent J, Bodini P, Vatn M, Nunes PB, Moum B, Munkholm P, Limonard C, Stockbrugger R, Rutgeerts P, Tsianos EV; EC-IBD Study Group. Dysplasia and cancer in inflammatory bowel disease 10 years after diagnosis: results of a population-based European collaborative follow-up study. Digestion. 2007;75(2-3):113-21. Epub 2007 Jun 26. PubMed PMID: 17598963.
Höie O, Wolters F, Riis L, Aamodt G, Solberg C, Bernklev T, Odes S, Mouzas
IA, Beltrami M, Langholz E, Stockbrügger R, Vatn M, Moum B; European
Collaborative Study Group of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (EC-IBD). Ulcerative colitis: patient characteristics may predict 10-yr disease recurrence in a European-wide population-based cohort. Am J Gastroenterol. 2007
Aug;102(8):1692-701. Epub 2007 Jun 6. PubMed PMID: 17555460.
Wolters FL, Joling C, Russel MG, Sijbrandij J, De Bruin M, Odes S, Riis L,
Munkholm P, Bodini P, Ryan B, O'Morain C, Mouzas IA, Tsianos E, Vermeire S, Monteiro E, Limonard C, Vatn M, Fornaciari G, Rodriguez D, Groot W, Moum B, Stockbrügger RW; European Collaborative Study Group On Inflammatory Bowel Disease (EC-IBD). Treatment inferred disease severity in Crohn's disease: evidence for a European gradient of disease course. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2007 Mar;42(3):333-44. PubMed PMID: 17354113.
Odes S, Friger M, Vardi H, Claessens G, Bossuyt X, Riis L, Munkholm P,
Wolters F, Yona H, Hoie O, Beltrami M, Tsianos E, Katsanos K, Mouzas I, Clofent J, Monteiro E, Messori A, Politi P, O'Morain C, Limonard C, Russel M, Vatn M, Moum B, Stockbrugger R, Vermeire S; European Collaborative Study Group on Inflammatory Bowel disease. Role of ASCA and the NOD2/CARD15 mutation Gly908Arg in predicting increased surgical costs in Crohn's disease patients: a project of the European Collaborative Study Group on Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2007 Jul;13(7):874-81. PubMed PMID: 17278126.
Hoie O, Wolters FL, Riis L, Bernklev T, Aamodt G, Clofent J, Tsianos E,
Beltrami M, Odes S, Munkholm P, Vatn M, Stockbrügger RW, Moum B; European Collaborative Study Group of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Low colectomy rates in ulcerative colitis in an unselected European cohort followed for 10 years. Gastroenterology. 2007 Feb;132(2):507-15. Epub 2006 Nov 15. PubMed PMID: 17258717.
Riis L, Vind I, Vermeire S, Wolters F, Katsanos K, Politi P, Freitas J,
Mouzas IA, O'Morain C, Ruiz-Ochoa V, Odes S, Binder V, Munkholm P, Moum B, Stockbrügger R, Langholz E; European Collaborative Study Group on Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The prevalence of genetic and serologic markers in an unselected European population-based cohort of IBD patients. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2007 Jan;13(1):24-32. PubMed PMID: 17206636.
Höie O, Schouten LJ, Wolters FL, Solberg IC, Riis L, Mouzas IA, Politi P,
Odes S, Langholz E, Vatn M, Stockbrügger RW, Moum B; European Collaborative Study Group of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (EC-IBD). Ulcerative colitis: no rise in mortality in a European-wide population based cohort 10 years after diagnosis. Gut. 2007 Apr;56(4):497-503. Epub 2006 Oct 6. PubMed PMID: 17028127; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1856843.
Odes S, Vardi H, Friger M, Wolters F, Russel MG, Riis L, Munkholm P, Politi
P, Tsianos E, Clofent J, Vermeire S, Monteiro E, Mouzas I, Fornaciari G,
Sijbrandij J, Limonard C, Van Zeijl G, O'morain C, Moum B, Vatn M, tockbrugger R; European Collaborative Study on Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Cost analysis and cost determinants in a European inflammatory bowel disease inception cohort with 10 years of follow-up evaluation. Gastroenterology. 2006 Sep;131(3):719-28. Erratum in: Gastroenterology. 2006 Dec;131(6):2029. PubMed PMID: 16952541.
Riis L, Vind I, Politi P, Wolters F, Vermeire S, Tsianos E, Freitas J, Mouzas
I, Ruiz Ochoa V, O'Morain C, Odes S, Binder V, Moum B, Stockbrügger R, Langholz E, Munkholm P; European Collaborative study group on Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Does pregnancy change the disease course? A study in a European cohort of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 2006 Jul;101(7):1539-45. PubMed PMID: 16863558.
Wolters FL, Russel MG, Sijbrandij J, Schouten LJ, Odes S, Riis L, Munkholm P, Langholz E, Bodini P, O'Morain C, Katsanos K, Tsianos E, Vermeire S, Van Zeijl G, Limonard C, Hoie O, Vatn M, Moum B, Stockbrügger RW; European Collaborative Study Group On Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Disease outcome of inflammatory bowel disease patients: general outline of a Europe-wide population-based 10-year clinical follow-up study. Scand J Gastroenterol Suppl. 2006;(243):46-54. PubMed PMID: 16782622.
Wolters FL, van Zeijl G, Sijbrandij J, Wessels F, O'Morain C, Limonard C,
Russel MG, Stockbrugger RW. Internet-based data inclusion in a population-based European collaborative follow-up study of inflammatory bowel disease patients: description of methods used and analysis of factors influencing response rates. World J Gastroenterol. 2005 Dec 7;11(45):7152-8. PubMed PMID: 16437663.
Wolters FL, Russel MG, Sijbrandij J, Ambergen T, Odes S, Riis L, Langholz E,
Politi P, Qasim A, Koutroubakis I, Tsianos E, Vermeire S, Freitas J, van Zeijl G, Hoie O, Bernklev T, Beltrami M, Rodriguez D, Stockbrügger RW, Moum B. Phenotype at diagnosis predicts recurrence rates in Crohn's disease. Gut. 2006 Aug;55(8):1124-30. Epub 2005 Dec 16. PubMed PMID: 16361306; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1856253.
Wolters FL, Russel MG, Sijbrandij J, Schouten LJ, Odes S, Riis L, Munkholm P, Bodini P, O'Morain C, Mouzas IA, Tsianos E, Vermeire S, Monteiro E, Limonard C, Vatn M, Fornaciari G, Pereira S, Moum B, Stockbrügger RW; European Collaborative study group on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (EC-IBD). Crohn's disease: increased mortality 10 years after diagnosis in a Europe-wide population based cohort. Gut. 2006 Apr;55(4):510-8. Epub 2005 Sep 8. PubMed PMID: 16150857; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1856169.
Rutten JP, Wolters F, van Schelven R, Dejong CH. Infected liver cyst after
adrenaline injection for active duodenal ulcer. Endoscopy. 2005 May;37(5):496. PubMed PMID: 15844034.
Wolters FL, Russel MG, Stockbrügger RW. Systematic review: has disease
outcome in Crohn's disease changed during the last four decades? Aliment
Pharmacol Ther. 2004 Sep 1;20(5):483-96. Review. PubMed PMID: 15339320.
Ryan BM, Romberg M, Wolters F, Stockbrugger RW. Extensive forearm deep venous thrombosis following a severe infliximab infusion reaction. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2004 Sep;16(9):941-2. PubMed PMID: 15316423.
Wolters F, Ryan B, Beets-Tan R, Dejong C. Delayed massive hemobilia after
biliary stenting. Endoscopy. 2003 Nov;35(11):976-7. PubMed PMID: 14606026.
van Balkom BP, Schoon EJ, Stockbrügger RW, Wolters FL, van Hogezand RA, van Deventer SJ, Oldenburg B, van Dullemen HM, Russel MG. Effects of anti-tumour necrosis factor-alpha therapy on the quality of life in Crohn's disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2002 Jun;16(6):1101-7. PubMed PMID: 12030951.
Bruins Slot W, Schoeman MN, Disario JA, Wolters F, Tytgat GN, Huibregtse K. Needle-knife sphincterotomy as a precut procedure: a retrospective evaluation of efficacy and complications. Endoscopy. 1996 May;28(4):334-9. PubMed PMID: 8813498.
Schreuder HW, Wolters FL, de Vries G, Wetsteyn JC. Prospective in-vivo study of chloroquine resistance of Plasmodium falciparum in Zambian under-fives. Trop Geogr Med. 1993 Mar;45(1):15-7. PubMed PMID