Link:The worst-case scenario came true Tuesday for Darius Miles and the Trail Blazers, when doctors discovered the need for Miles to have season-ending microfracture knee surgery.
Miles, 25, entered Tuesday's surgery with hopes that a minor arthroscopic procedure would repair the loose and flaked cartilage in his right knee, and that he would be back with the team in eight weeks. But once Russell Warren, a team doctor for the New York Giants football team, got inside Miles' knee, he opted for microfracture surgery, which involves chipping -- or fracturing -- the bone around the knee to make it bleed, thus promoting healing.
Typical recovery time for athletes who have had microfracture procedures has been six to 10 months. Blazers forward Zach Randolph, who had microfracture performed on his right knee in April 2005, came back in six months, but he said that was too quick.
