Mr Martin Brett

I have been a Consultant General and Gastro-intestinal surgeon for 27 years. I completed my Medical Qualifications at Oxford University and St Thomas's Hospital qualifying in 1983. Much of my training as a General Surgeon was in the Merseyside area and I was appointed a Consultant General Surgeon at Warrington Hospital in 1995. My key subspecialty within General Surgery is Upper Gastro-intestinal Surgery. I have extensive experience of laparoscopic (keyhole) techniques. I carry out surgery for gallstone disease cholecystectomy.  I investigate upper abdominal pain, dyspepsia and swallowing difficulties (including endoscopy, oesophageal manometry, 24 hour oesophageal pH study).  I also specialise in surgery for abdominal hernias including inguinal, femoral, umbilical and ventral hernias. I also work as an Appraiser and I am involved in Medical Education. Outside medicine I am an amateur geologist and naturalist and I enjoy travelling.

Gallstones; cholecystectomy; cholelithiasis; gall bladder; biliary surgery; Investigation of dyspepsia; heartburn; acid brash; reflux symptoms; oesophageal manometry; 24 hour pH study; oesophageal function tests; dysphagia; swallowing difficulty; abdominal pain; Gastroscopy; Upper Gastrointestinal endoscopy; OGD; Hernia surgery; inguinal hernia; femoral hernia; ventral hernia; umbilical hernia; incisional hernia; Laparoscopic surgery; keyhole surgery; laparoscopic hernia repair; laparoscopic cholecystectomy;  Skin lumps; lipoma; sebaceous cyst;