the small vertical is from last year the other is from two weeks ago and i wanted clarifaction that they were two differnet tears even though they were in the same side
Why was the 1st tear not repaired. Without a statement saying the tears are intersecting at any point, there's no way to answer that. But, even if they don't intersect, the old one could have very well led to the 2nd.
that is what i was wondering the doctor claimed he fixed it in feb 2012 i fell the end of aug and fratcured the tibia bone and the second tear.
one is a small vertical (up and down) tear in 1/3rd of the edge of the disc, at the back, going all the to the bottom of the disc.
The other is a horizontal (side to side) tear in the back edges of the disc, going into the main body of the disc. Both of them on the inner disc. (the side closer to the inside of your legs)