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. North Korean women in traditional dress prepare to greet delegates at the 7th Workers' Party Congress, held for the first time in 36 years.
Like China, they are nominally communist, but in reality are something completely different. Unlike China, which is basically an oligarchy with a capitalist economic system, North Korea is more of a totalitarian/fascist dictatorship held together by the cult of personality surrounding the Kim family.