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Objective Wound Evaluation Objective wound evaluation and documentation are integral to chronic wound care. Multiple methods of wound evaluation can be used to track an ulcer over time, including area, 27 volume, 28 linear growth of wound edges, 29 and the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH) score. 30 Each of these methodologies has strengths and limitations that have led to varied use across clinical settings. Measurement of the wound area is a simple and accurate way to record wound size31 but does not account for depthrelated wound changes. Volume is a measurement that accurately records all aspects of ulcer size31 but has limited coverage in the literature, likely because of the practical difficulties of wound volume measurement. Linear advancement of wound margins toward the center of a wound is a useful measure for establishing wound-healing rates, as this measurement takes into …