A descriptive, prospective, cross-sectional study was carried out with the aim of evaluating the treatment of degenerative chondropathy of the knee with the microfracture arthroscopic technique. The universe consisted of all patients who attended the orthopedics and traumatology service of the Central Military Hospital Dr. Carlos J Finlay in the period between September 2015 and September 2018. The sample consisted of 25 patients with arthroscopic diagnosis of degenerative chondropathy of the knee, treated with the microfracture arthroscopic technique. The variables used were: age, sex, affected knee, degree of cartilage lesion according to the Outerbridge classification, complications related to the surgical technique, time of appearance of the neoformed fibrocartilage.