The left knee surgery Texas left-hander Derek Holland had last week did involve a microfracture procedure, the team said Tuesday.

For many of the players who underwent microfracture surgery, the procedure hastened the end of their career. Penny Hardaway, Chris Webber, Allan Houston and Ron Harper were never the same.

Richard Steadman, the orthopedist who performed Martin’s surgery in Vail, said Thursday that he performed several successful microfracture procedures on professional basketball players.

But microfracture surgery, a new, radical procedure, has given players hopes and taken the sports world by storm. The outpatient procedure can take as little as 30 minutes.

Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner said the left knee operation he underwent last month was for more than removing loose bodies.

Athletes are trendsetters, even when it comes to complicated medical procedures. Since performing microfracture surgery on the now most famous right knee in Texans' history - belonging to top ...

The surgery performed on the right knee of Jadeveon Clowney is designed to grow new cartilage and help this year's No. 1 NFL draft pick resume his career next season as a linebacker with the ...

— -- NEW YORK -- Fearful his career could be in jeopardy, CC Sabathia had trouble sleeping as he awaited word if he needed microfracture surgery or a less serious arthroscopic procedure on ...

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 ...

Microfracture surgery is a 30 to 90 minute procedure used to repair articular cartilage, in which doctors create tiny fractures in the bone, causing new cartilage to develop.

Bengals star linebacker Vontaze Burfict will spend his offseason recovering from one of the NFL's most dreaded procedures: Microfracture surgery. But according to the surgeon who performed the ...