"If you're really going to push that knee hard, it may not be the best choice because the outcomes lately when people have been comparing microfracture with other methods for cartilage restoration ...

Osteochondral autologous transplantation repairs articular cartilage knee defects in younger, active patients better than microfracture, a prospective study shows. Rimatutas Gudas, MD, PhD ...

Dear Colin: My doctor is recommending microfracture surgery for my knee, because it's been hurting for a couple years. He explained the procedure, but is unsure about the post-operative ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston's Jadeveon Clowney, the top overall pick in this year's draft, had microfracture surgery on his right knee. General manager Rick Smith said Clowney had the surgery on Monday.

It has become the most dreaded word in basketball: microfracture. The medical procedure claimed another victim this week, as Kenyon Martin woke up from knee surgery and learned he’ll be out for the ...

Myles Jack understands if his knee issues drop him in the draft. (USATSI) In case you're wondering what microfracture surgery is, here's a very quick, very simple primer: It's a surgery technique ...

which provides for the use of microfracture as a comparator treatment in trials to repair knee cartilage damage. The published FDA guidance also specifically calls for a study population that ...

Bigtime. Oden, the No. 1 pick in the 2007 draft, will miss the season after having microfracture surgery on his left knee, the team said yesterday in a press conference. "This young man is ...

It seems as if it saved it. A spate of other injuries, not just the 2005 knee problem, have set him back in the years since. That’s why I was surprised to see Stoudemire say he regretted the ...

Even so, he is quick to issue warnings to his fellow players when he is asked about his experience with the once-popular microfracture knee surgery, which has become nearly obsolete in recent years.

This is what Giants cornerback Bennett Jackson faces. The sixth-round pick this year out of Notre Dame had microfracture surgery on his knee back in October. "If you were to ask me if I'd rather ...

(Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) Getty Images Much attention was paid to the Jaguars’ decision to use their second-round draft pick on a player who might need microfracture knee surgery, Myles Jack ...