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Wound management, which is based on wound diagnostic, will become more and more important and will develop even more towards evidence-based medicine. Evidence-based medicine is the current state of the art in clinical research. The data quality is very much dependent on the transparency of the treatment and its objective evaluation. An objectification requires comparable patients with comparable wounds as well as comparable documentation and quality of the documentation.

For successful treatment of burns one of the most important pillars is an adequate documentation. Otherwise, nobody in science, economics or quality control can comprehend this issue’s complexity [22]. Research, science and costing in burns are based on accurate assessment and documentation of burn injuries. Documentation required, is time consuming and labor intensive. For any scientific comparability of burns the exact and correct extent and depth of burns are essential.