To fill this knowledge gap, Dr. Lukens and colleagues looked at the diagnostic yield and complication rates in 62 patients with surgically altered bowel anatomy who underwent DBE at Mayo Clinic in Florida between 2006 and 2011: 1  Eleven of the procedures were DBE-ERCPs.
The lateral masses are paired blocks of bone located lateral to the sacral foramina. The sacral ala is the wing-shaped bone found lateral to the S1 vertebral body. Histologic study of the sacral alae demonstrates decreased trabecular density (âalar voidsâ) within each of these structures (3).
(November 2008). A sacral dimple (also termed pilonidal dimple or spinal dimple) is a small depression in the skin, located just above the buttocks. The name comes from the sacrum, the bone at the end of the spine, over which the dimples are found.Sacral dimples are common, occurring in up to 4% of the population.acral dimples are usually spotted in post-natal checks by a pediatrician, who will check: 1  Can the floor of the dimple be seen to be covered with skin? 2  Is there a tuft of hair in the dimple? 3  Are there any other problems in the examination of the baby, such as weak lower limbs? 4  How close to the buttocks is the dimple?