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).
A sacral dimple is an indentation, present at birth, in the skin on the lower back. It's usually located just above the crease between the buttocks.acral dimples that are accompanied by a nearby tuft of hair, skin tag or certain types of skin discoloration are sometimes associated with a serious underlying abnormality of the spine or spinal cord.