"In close consultation with the WRU and Cardiff Blues we decided it would be proactive to have surgery now on a knee injury and I'm looking forward to returning to action fully fit," Warburton said in a statement.
He has not played since the third Lions test in Auckland in July.
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(Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)
