Las ulceras en miembros inferiores son motivofrecuente de consulta tanto para el medico generalcomo al especialista. Estas son de etiologia muyvariada, tienden a infectarse secundariamente,limitan el normal desenvolvimiento del individuoafectado, a menudo refractarias al tratamiento yrequieren en muchos casos hospitalizacionprolongada.Hasta el momento, el manejo tradicional de estapatologia se ha basado en el reposo del paciente,ademas de medidas locales tales como eltratamiento de la infeccion, debidamente deltejido desvitalizado y la aplicacion topica dediversas sustancias cuya efectividad ha sidodiscutida.Nuestro proposito es revisar los metodosutilizados hasta el presente, haciendo enfasis enlos ultimos avances descritos en la literatura. SUMMARY Lower limb ulcers are frequently motive for consultation, both with general physicians and dermatologists. Their etiology is varied and they frequently tend to become secondarily infected, limiting therefore normal activity of compromised individuals. They are also often resistant to treatment and in some instances require prolonged hospitalization. Up to moment, this pathology has been traditionally managed with rest and local measures such as treatment of secondary infection, extirpation of dead tissue and topic application of various substances or arguable effect. Our purpose is to revise the methods used up to the moment, with special emphasis on the last advances described in the literature.