J. Richard Steadman, MD, a longtime doctor for the U.S. Alpine Ski Team, developed a procedure called ‘microfracture’ in the 1980s. It taps bone marrow to regrow knee cartilage. He poked tiny ...

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 ...

IN our everyday routines – getting out of bed, commuting, cooking – we rarely think about the strain we place on our knees.

And even if Martin returns next year from Wednesday’s microfracture surgery, he faces a prolonged rehabilitation that will prevent him from putting weight on his damaged right knee for at least ...

"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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...