The Nigerian frontman has had successful surgery to repair a stress fracture of his left tibia.
The operation will sideline him for at least three to four months and is a major blow for the Blues' Wembley hero.
Martins, on loan from Russian side Rubin Kazan, scored Birmingham's winner at Wembley to clinch the Carling Cup.
Injury problems have restricted him to just four Barclays Premier League appearances for the Midlands men and he has not featured since coming on as a second-half substitute in the 2-1 defeat at Wigan Atletic on 19th March.
Quick Recovery
Manager Alex McLeish told the official club website: "It's a blow for Oba and very frustrating for him and us, we all wish him a quick recovery."He passed his medical and everything was fine for six weeks, but then it became obvious to us that something was not quite right.
"He started to feel his groin and then this problem crept up on him over the past month or so.
"The head of our medical department, Dr Ian McGuinness, carried out extensive tests and the stress fracture was diagnosed.
"It's a shame we haven't seen Oba at his very best.
"We brought him here in the hope that he could help the team and, of course, we all know what he did in the Carling Cup final.
"The run he had after the goal, when he went round the goalkeeper, that's the explosive pace he has got and the kind of thing he can do, but unfortunately we haven't been able to see it regularly.
"He's had a couple of niggles and obviously the stress fracture needed to be addressed. It's unfortunate, but these things do happen."
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