Acknowledgements I would like to express my gratitude to all who have supported me along the way to this dissertation and especially to: my supervisor, for support, encouragement and for always Magnus Eneroth, taking time to answer my questions. my co-supervisor, for all interesting discussions, encouragement Jan Apelqvist, and for sharing your deep knowledge of the world of the diabetic foot. I look forward to our future collaborations on the diabetic foot. my co-supervisor, for guidance, inspiration and support during my Jan Larsson, writing. Your knowledge and enthusiasm for the diabetic foot is one of the reasons why I wanted to be an orthopaedic surgeon. for helping me to understand the of statistics. Eero Lindholm, for interesting discussions and assistance with Magdalena Annersten Gershater the database. for sharing knowledge of the database. Johansson Friends and co-workers for laughs and interesting discussions on many topics. The staff at the Diabetic Foot Team for sharing knowledge of patients and for never-ending care, enthusiasm, and support to all patients with diabetic foot disease. My parents, and for endless love and support. Björn Carina, My brother and sister, and for always there. Hjalmar Ulrika, Last and to my husband without whose love and support this thesis Peter, would not be possible, and our children and You are my Idun, Tor Sigrid. everything.
Acknowledgements I would like to express my gratitude to all who have supported me along the way to this dissertation and especially to: Magnus Eneroth, my supervisor, for support, encouragement and for always taking time to answer my questions. Jan Apelqvist, my co-supervisor, for all interesting discussions, encouragement and for sharing your deep knowledge of the world of the diabetic foot. I look forward to our future collaborations on the diabetic foot. Jan Larsson, my co-supervisor, for guidance, inspiration and support during my writing. Your knowledge and enthusiasm for the diabetic foot is one of the reasons why I wanted to be an orthopaedic surgeon. Eero Lindholm, for helping me to understand the of statistics. Magdalena Annersten Gershater for interesting discussions and assistance with the database. Johansson for sharing knowledge of the database. Friends and co-workers for laughs and interesting discussions on many topics. The staff at the Diabetic Foot Team for sharing knowledge of patients and for never-ending care, enthusiasm, and support to all patients with diabetic foot disease. My parents, Björn and Carina, for endless love and support. My brother and sister, Hjalmar and Ulrika, for always there. Last and to my husband Peter, without whose love and support this thesis would not be possible, and our children Idun, Tor and Sigrid. You are my everything.