Fremantle has confirmed luckless midfielder Anthony Morabito will undergo the revolutionary LARS surgery on his left knee - a move that could see him return to AFL action as soon as mid-year.

Morabito last week tore the graft on his twice-surgically repaired knee, prompting the need for a third knee reconstruction.

The Dockers announced today that Morabito would travel to Sydney next week to have the LARS procedure.

Fremantle's general manager of football operations Chris Bond said no time frame would be put on Morabito's return to the field