The distribution of the pain is supposed to guide the surgeon as to the disc level causing the symptoms but these distribution patterns may be in error for instance in the lumbar spine in excess of 15% of patients.
Photos: North Korea holds first Workers' Party congress in 36 years. A photograph of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hangs in the enormous April 25 House of Culture during the 7th Workers' Party Congress in Pyongyang.
Capital: Pyongyang, population 3,255,000; Hamhung, population 769,000; Chongjin, population 668,000; Nampo, population 367,000; Wonsan, population 363,000; North Korea's Government: North Korea, or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is a highly centralized communist country under the leadership of Kim Jong-Un.