title: D.J. du Plessis: a surgical giant in southern Africa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dent
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D013019:South Africa