Q. We keep reading about different athletes who have had microfracture surgery for their knee, some of whom have come back to play greatly and others have come back but continued to have knee problems ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The season-ending knee surgery performed on Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin is a serious procedure that has had some success with athletes but hardly ...

Houston Texans football fans found out Jadeveon Clowney had microfracture surgery to repair a knee injury. But the surgery may not be what you imagine. No, it’s not a procedure to repair a tiny ...

Surgical treatment using microfracture for pediatric knee injury repair may improve activity outcomes, according to new research. The study shows patients are able to regain function and return to a ...

As clinicians and researchers grapple with innovative ways to regenerate articular cartilage, early work done with a new hybrid cartilage repair technique showed its potential for consistently ...

Q: I am a 40 year old triathlete that had an articular cartilage injury level 4 and did arthroscopic surgery that involved microfracture. My doctor said I can resume running two months from now. For ...

Dr Kevin R Stone is a pioneer of advanced orthopaedic surgical and rehabilitation techniques to repair, regenerate and replace damaged cartilage and ligaments. The author was trained at Harvard ...

When athletes put great stress on their bodies, the damage to bones may be too much for the body to repair, potentially ending a player's season or even career Considering the forces involved in many ...

About one in five pro basketball players who undergo the never play another NBA game. And those who come back tend to perform at a significantly lower level than before surgery. Of course, it's ...

Dr Kevin R Stone is a pioneer of advanced orthopaedic surgical and rehabilitation techniques to repair, regenerate and replace damaged cartilage and ligaments. The author was trained at Harvard ...

Microfracture — the puncturing of holes to release marrow blood in joint surfaces with cartilage injuries — is reported to be failing in most cases after a few years. Multiple studies, reported this ...